Monitoring the fall migration of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus L. (Nymphalidae: Danainae) in eastern North America: 1991-1994

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Walton, Richard K ^a   Brower, Lincoln P ^b  

^a Cape May Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coastal Plain; Cape May; Censusing; Fourth of July Butterfly Counts; Migration; New Jersey; Transect methods

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; MONITORING;

NORTH AMERICA;

DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0030453435     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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