Stable isotopes (δD and δ13C) are geographic indicators of natal origins of monarch butterflies in eastern North America

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Taylor, Orley R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic gradients; Migration; Monarch butterfly; Natal origins

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROVENANCE; WING;

NORTH AMERICA;

ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0032845451     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050872     Document Type: Article

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