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Experts Directory: Lincoln P. Brower

Lincoln P. Brower

Titles and job responsibilities:

  • Research Professor of Biology

Summary of expertise:

Professor Brower has done extensive research on the overwintering and migration biology of the monarch butterfly, and is a participant in ongoing international efforts to conserve the butterfly's migration phenomenon.

Books or significant articles published:

  • Brower, L.P., G. Castilleja, A. Peralta, J. Lopez-Garcia, L. Bojorquez-Tapia, S. Diaz, D. Melgarejo, and M. Missrie. 2002. "Quantitative Changes in Forest Quality in a Principal Overwintering Area of the Monarch Butterfly in Mexico: 1971 to 1999". Conservation Biology 16:346-359.
  • Brower, L.P. 2001. "Canary in the Cornfield: The Monarch and the Bt corn controversy". Orion 20:32-41.
  • Brower, L.P. 1996. "Monarch Butterfly Orientation: Missing Pieces of a Magnificent Puzzle." Journal of Experimental Biology 199:93-103.
  • Brower, L.P. 1995. "Understanding and Misunderstanding the Migration of the Monarch Butterfly (Nymphalidae) in North America: 1857-1995." J. Lepidopterists' Soc. 49:304-385.

Current or recent research:

  • Supported by the National Science Foundation, Brower's major current research is aimed at understanding why the monarch butterfly overwinters in such a precariously small and specific habitat in Mexico; and predicting the effects of human-caused changes in the butterfly's overwintering habitat.

Current or recent awards, activities or memberships:

  • Society for the Study of Evolution
  • Lepidopterists' Society
  • International Society of Chemical Ecology

Experience with news media:

  • Extensive live and edited interviews on camera
  • TV collaborations with BBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.
  • Several NPR interviews.

Education:

  • A.B. Princeton University
  • Ph.D. Yale University

Key terms:

Monarch butterfly, migration, conservation biology, Bt Corn controversy