Karen Oberhauser
Karen Suzanne Oberhauser (born ca 1956) is an American conservation biologist with a specific interest in monarch butterflies.[1]
She studied biology at Harvard College and received a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Oberhauser is a professor in the Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology department at the University of Minnesota.[1]
Oberhauser married Don Alstad in 1985; the couple had two daughters. Don died in April 2014 at the age of 67.[2]
In 2013, she was named a Champion of Change for Citizen Science by the White House.[3] Oberhauser has been director for the Monarchs in the Classroom Program, president of the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation[4] and director of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.[3]
Besides publications in scholarly journals, she has also been co-editor for two books published by Cornell Press:
- The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation ISBN 978-0-8014-4188-2
- Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly ISBN 978-0-8014-5315-1[5]
In 2014, Oberhauser pointed to increased use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide as a possible factor in the decline of monarch populations in North America. The use of the product on farmland has been linked to a decline in milkweeds, an important food source for the butterflies.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Bio: Karen Oberhauser". StarTribune. August 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Donald N. Alstad '69". Amherst College.
- 1 2 "White House to honor professor Karen Oberhauser as Champion of Change for Citizen Science at ceremony Tuesday". University of Minnesota.
- ↑ "Karen Oberhauser". Monarch Butterfly Fund.
- ↑ "The Monarch Butterfly". Cornell Press.
- ↑ "Monsanto blamed for disappearance of monarch butterflies". RT. January 31, 2014.
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