Influence of forest canopy closure on rates of bird predation on overwintering Monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus L.

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Alonso Mejía, Alfonso ^a,c   Montesinos Patiño, Eneida ^b   Rendón Salinas, Eduardo ^b   Brower, Lincoln P ^a,d   Oyama, Ken ^b  

^a Department of Zoology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Si/MAB Program   (United States)

^d SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Danaus plexippus; Logging; Mexico; Monarch butterfly conservation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CANOPY; FOREST; LOGGING; PREDATION;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0032128311     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00134-1     Document Type: Article

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