Butterflies, Volunteers, and Long-term Data Resource Brief

Valentine-Darby P. 2026. Butterflies, Volunteers, and Long-term Data Resource Brief. National Park Service

This resource brief summarizes the Ecosphere journal article publication for the Natural Resource Condition Assessment project titled 'Data Synthesis, Trend Analysis, and Monitoring Recommendations from 25 years of Systematic Butterfly Surveys collected by Citizen Scientists at Cuyahoga Valley National Park'. Please see the Ecosphere journal article linked in the cross-reference section.

Type

Resource Brief

Authors

Valentine-Darby, Patricia

Date of Issue

2026-05-18

Publisher

National Park Service

Units

CUVA

Keywords

butterflies, butterfly, citizen science, climate change, habitat, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, prescribed fire, restoration, survey

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See also

• Patterns of richness in a long-term citizen science butterfly dataset from Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Data Synthesis, Trend Analysis, and Monitoring Recommendations from 25 years of Systematic Butterfly Surveys collected by Citizen Scientists at Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Collections

• NRCA Program Collection
• NRCA FCA Focused Condition Assessments

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