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Analysis of Field Data for the 1988 Monarch Butterfly Migration in Resaca and Calhoun, Georgia

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Mean Vanishing bearing for Danaus plexippus in Northwest Winds:  Data used in Calculations

September 26 - October 2, 1988 observations of the Danaus plexippus migration in Resaca and Calhoun, Georgia

Date 

Tables

Number of
Observations

Field Data
Code Numbers

Reasons for
Exclusion

Sept.  26

   I       

4

5, 22, 26, 27

 NA

27

 II       -

-

 NA
      28 III      -

-

 NA
29 IV      -

-

NA
30 V       -

-

NA
Oct.    1 VI      -

-

 NA
2 VII      4

256, 257, 268, 269

 NA

Totals 

7    

      4      

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Data for S winds

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Data for Calm

Any observations hi-lighted in red were excluded from calculations for reasons given in column 5.  None were excluded for the NW wind condition.