Identification and distribution of oviposition stimulants for monarch butterflies in hosts and nonhosts

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 891-904

  Haribal, Meena ^a   Renwick, J A A ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Asclepias; Calotropis; Cynanchum; Danaus plexippus; Flavonol glycosides; Hoya; Monarch butterflies; Nerium; Nymphalidae; Oviposition stimulants

Indexed keywords

ASCLEPIAS ALBICANS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASCLEPIAS ERIOCARPA; ASCLEPIAS HUMISTRATA; ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CYNANCHUM ACUTUM; HOYA AUSTRALIS; NERIUM OLEANDER; VINCETOXICUM NIGRUM;

EID: 0031746555     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022377618562     Document Type: Article

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