Monarch butterfly orientation: Missing pieces of a magnificent puzzle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-103

  Brower, Lincoln P ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual cyclic orientation hypothesis; Danaus plexippus; Insect movements; Migration; North America; Successive generations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002920897     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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