February 2026 Monarch Joint Venture Monarch Conservation Webinar Series скачать в хорошем качестве

February 2026 Monarch Joint Venture Monarch Conservation Webinar Series

Join the Monarch Conservation Webinar Series presentation: Designing Monarch Overwintering Habitat in California: Advances in Measuring Canopy Structure and Modeling Microclimate presented by Stuart B. Weiss, Chief Scientist, Creekside Science, from February 2026. Western monarch butterflies migrate from inland breeding areas to the California coast each fall, where they seek wind-sheltered sunny nooks within forest groves of all shapes, sizes, and species composition. Bringing many of these sites under scientific management to maintain these microclimate conditions is a priority for monarch conservation. We use several tools to quantify canopy structure and microclimate. Hemispherical photography (hemiphotos) looks from below, and identifies “good” canopy gaps that let in sun, and “bad” canopy gaps that let in wind. LiDAR (laser scanning from above) builds a 3-D model of the forest that complements the hemiphotos, and allows for modeling sunlight using ARCGIS, and wind using WindNinja and Eddy 3D. This talk highlights several case studies of canopy analysis, management recommendations, and monarch responses that illustrate the process. Contents of this video 0:00 Introduction 4:45 Stu's presentation 49:54 Q&A 1:02:50 Invitation to our March 2026 Webinar