Phenology of cold hardiness in reproductive and migrant monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in southwest Ohio

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 633-642

  Troyer, Heather L ^a   Burks, Charles S ^a   Lee, Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Cold hardiness; Danaus plexippus; Monarch; Supercooling; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

CHILLING INJURY; COLD HARDINESS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MIGRATORY INSECT; MONARCH BUTTERFLY; TEMPERATURE;

USA, OHIO;

EID: 0030176681     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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