Recent
papers presented (* = undergraduate
author, presenter)
2008. Fink,
L.S. , Brower, L.P., Ramirez, M.I. Variation in
lipid reserves as an indicator of the condition of
migrating and overwintering monarch butterflies. Society
for Conservation Biology annual meeting, Chattanooga
TN, 14-17 June.
2008. Ramirez,
M. I. Brower, L.P., Fink, L.S., Slayback,
D., Zubieta, R. The effect of changes in legal
protection status on forest cover within the monarch
butterfly biosphere reserve in Mexico. Society
for Conservation Biology annual meeting, Chattanooga
TN, 14-17 June.
2008. Slayback,
D., Fink, L.S. , Brower, L.P., Ramirez, M.I.
Integrating geography and microclimatology to evaluate
the physiological suitability of sties selected
by overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico.
Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting,
Chattanooga TN, 14-17 June.
2007. Fink,
L.S. The monarch butterfly man: A Lincoln portrait.
Invited presentation, Symposium on Honour of
Lincoln Pierson Brower. Fifth International
Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. Villa
Mondragone, Italy, 2-7 July.
2006.
Fink, L.S., Brower, L.P. and T.Himelright
Helton.* The limited freeze resistance of overwintering
monarch butterflies. Annual meeting of the Lepidopterists'
Society, 14-18 June, Gainesville FL.
2006.
Fink, L.S., T. Himelright* and L.P. Brower.
The limited freeze resistance of monarch butterflies,
Danaus plexippus, from Mexican overwintering
sites. Entomological Society of America Eastern
Branch, annual meeting. Charlottesville VA, 14 March
2006.
2006.
L.P. Brower, L.S. Fink, I. Ramirez, S. Weiss,
D. Slayback and D. Perault. The physiological ecology
of overwintering monarch butterflies. Invited paper
in the symposium, Ecophysiology and conservation:
the contributions of energetics. Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology, annual meeting. Orlando
FL, 4-8 January.
2005.
L.P. Brower, L.S. Fink, D.E. Slayback, D.
Perault. Deterioration of the prime overwintering
habitat in the monarch butterfly biosphere reserve
in Mexico. Invited paper in the symposium, Biology
and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Pacific
Grove CA, 2 March.
Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch, annual
meeting.
2005.
D. Slayback, I. Ramirez, L.P. Brower, D.
Perault, L.S. Fink. A remote-sensing overview of
forest cover change in the monarch butterfly overwintering
region in Mexico. Invited paper in the symposium,
Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly.
Pacific Grove CA, 2 March 2005. Entomological
Society of America Pacific Branch, annual meeting.
2004.
Tannahill, C.* and L.
Fink. the effects of Japanese stilt grass, Microstegium
vimineum, on earthworm abundance and diversity
in central Virginia. Annual meeting of the Association
of Southeastern Biologists, 14-17 April, Memphis TN.
2003.
Chilton, R*., Tannahill, C.*, Stassi, A.* and L. Fink.
The effects of logging on the occurrence of an invasive exotic grass,
Microstegium vimineum. Annual meeting of the Association
of Southeastern Biologists, 11 April, Arlington VA.
2002
Kellogg, S.K.*, L.S. Fink, and L.P. Brower. Parasitism
of luna moths by the non-native tachinid fly, Compsilura concinnata,
in central Virginia. The Lepidopterists' Society meeting, Charleston,
S.C.
2002
Basten, C.S.B.*, L.S. Fink, and L.P. Brower. Changes in
appetite of female migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).
The Lepidopterists' Society meeting, Charleston, S.C.
2000
Perault, D. and L.S. Fink. GIS and GPS technology
in forest research and management [lecture and workshop] Managing
to Create the Ancient Forest conference, Sweet Briar College,
18 May
Selected
publications
(full publication list)
Slayback,
D.A., Brower, L.P., Ramirez, M.I. and Fink, L.S. 2007.
Establishing the presence and absence of overwintering
colonies of the monarch butterfly in Mexico by the
use of small aircraft . American Entomologist
53 (1): 28-40.
Brower,
L. P., Fink, L.S. and P. Walford. 2006.
Fueling the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. Integrative
and Comparative Biology 46: 1123-1142.
Kellogg,
S.K.*, Fink, L.S., & Brower, L.P. 2003. Parasitism
of native luna moths, Actias
luna (L.) (Lepidoptera:
Saturniidae) by the introduced Compsilura
concinnata (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae)
in central Virginia, and their hyperparasitism by trigonalid
wasps (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae). Environmental
Entomology 32: 1019-1027. download
pdf reprint
Fink,
L.S. 1997. Using video production in teaching natural
history. The American Biology Teacher 59(3):
142-146.
Fink,
L.S. 1995. Foodplant effects on colour morphs of Eumorpha
fasciata caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56(3):
423-437.
Fink,
L.S. 1986. Costs and benefits of maternal behaviour
in the green lynx spider (Oxyopidae, Peucetia viridans).
Animal Behaviour 34: 1051-1059.
Fink,
L.S. and Brower, L.P. 1981. Birds can overcome the cardenolide
defense of monarch butterflies in Mexico. Nature
291: 67-70.
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