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Overview

Karen S. Oberhauser is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biological and environmental sciences, focusing primarily on the ecology and behavior of insects, especially butterflies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their subfields of study are:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The scientist's primary topics of work cover:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Karen S. Oberhauser include:

  • "Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Traffic influences nutritional quality of roadside plants for monarch caterpillars," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Assessing zinc tolerance in two butterfly species: consequences for conservation in polluted environments," 2020, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Monarch Habitat in Conservation Grasslands," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Divergent responses of butterflies and bees to burning and grazing management in tallgrass prairies," 2022, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Emilie C. Snell-Rood (6 collaborations)
  • Timothy S. Mitchell (5 collaborations)
  • M. Isabel Ramírez (3 collaborations)
  • Lauren Agnew (3 collaborations)
  • Wayne E. Thogmartin (3 collaborations)

Their scholarly output appears in publication venues such as:

  • Insect Conservation and Diversity (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2 publications)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution (1 publication)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)
  • Ecology and Evolution (1 publication)

Karen S. Oberhauser has also contributed to book publications, including the work titled "Evaluating the Suitability of Roadway Corridors for Use by Monarch Butterflies," published in 2020 by Transportation Research Board eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: A risk assessment

    Mark K. Sears;Richard L. Hellmich;Diane E. Stanley-Horn;Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Milkweed loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: effect on the monarch butterfly population

    John M. Pleasants;Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Characteristics of professional development that effect change in secondary science teachers' classroom practices

    Bobby Jeanpierre;Karen S Oberhauser;Carol Freeman

  • Temporal and spatial overlap between monarch larvae and corn pollen

    Karen S Oberhauser;Michelle D. Prysby;Heather R. Mattila;Diane E. Stanley-Horn

  • Bioenergy and Wildlife: Threats and Opportunities for Grassland Conservation

    Joseph E. Fargione;Thomas R. Cooper;David J. Flaspohler;Jason Hill

  • Associations between host migration and the prevalence of a protozoan parasite in natural populations of adult monarch butterflies

    Sonia M. Altizer;Karen S. Oberhauser;Lincoln P. Brower

  • Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes.

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt;Karen Oberhauser;Ryan G. Drum

  • Effects of spermatophores on male and female monarch butterfly reproductive success

    Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Modeling current and future potential wintering distributions of eastern North American monarch butterflies.

    Karen S Oberhauser;A. Townsend Peterson

  • Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).

    Brice X. Semmens;Darius J. Semmens;Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt

  • Effects of photoperiod, temperature, and host plant age on induction of reproductive diapause and development time in Danaus plexippus

    Liz Goehring;Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Monarch butterfly migration and parasite transmission in eastern North America.

    Rebecca A. Bartel;Karen S. Oberhauser;Jacobus C. de Roode;Sonia M. Altizer

  • Effects of the protozoan parasite ophryocystis elektroscirrha on the fitness of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

    Sonia M. Altizer;Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ?all hands on deck?

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Laura Lopez-Hoffman;Jason J. Rohweder;James E. Diffendorfer

  • A trans‐national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

    Karen Oberhauser;Ruscena Wiederholt;James E. Diffendorfer;Darius J. Semmens

  • Conservation Volunteers’ Connection to Nature

    Margaret Savanick Guiney;Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Ecological niches in sequential generations of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaidae): the ecology of migration and likely climate change implications.

    Rebecca V. Batalden;Karen S Oberhauser;A. Townsend Peterson

  • Fecundity, lifespan and egg mass in butterflies: Effects of male-derived nutrients and female size

    Karen S Oberhauser

  • Male monarch butterfly spermatophore mass and mating strategies

    Karen S. Oberhauser

  • Monarchs in decline: a collateral landscape-level effect of modern agriculture.

    Carl Stenoien;Kelly R. Nail;Jacinta M. Zalucki;Hazel Parry

  • Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly

    Karen S. Oberhauser;Kelly R. Nail;Sonia Altizer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Altizer
Sonia Altizer University of Georgia
Wayne E. Thogmartin
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States Geological Survey
Orley R. Taylor
Orley R. Taylor University of Kansas
Lincoln P. Brower
Lincoln P. Brower Sweet Briar College
Leslie Ries
Leslie Ries Georgetown University
Myron P. Zalucki
Myron P. Zalucki University of Queensland
Brice X. Semmens
Brice X. Semmens University of California, San Diego
Elise F. Zipkin
Elise F. Zipkin Michigan State University
A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas
Galen P. Dively
Galen P. Dively University of Maryland, College Park

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