Use of lipid reserves by monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: Implications for conservation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 934-947

  Alonso Mejía, Alfonso ^a,c   Rendon Salinas, Eduardo ^b   Montesinos Patiño, Eneida ^b   Brower, Lincoln P ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Flower visiting; Lean mass; Lipid mass; Logging; Mexico; Microclimate; Migration; Monarch butterfly conservation; Nectar; Overwintering ecology; Water content; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES RELIGIOSA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS;

CONSERVATION; LIPID RESERVE; MONARCH BUTTERFLY; OVERWINTERING;

MEXICO; USA;

EID: 0030613975     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0934:UOLRBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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