Freeze-protection of overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico: Critical role of the forest as a blanket and an umbrella

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Anderson, J B ^a   Brower, L P ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abies religiosa fir forest ecosystem; Cryobiology; Deforestation; Endangered biological phenomenon; Forest thinning; High altitude microclimate; Monarch butterfly; Overwintering survival of Danaus plexippus; Sierra Chincua; Transverse Neovolcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES RELIGIOSA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

MONARCH BUTTERFLY; OVERWINTERING;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030446947     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb01177.x     Document Type: Article

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