Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L., nymphalidae) fall migration: Flight behavior and direction in relation to celestial and physiographic cues

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 162-168

  Calvert, William H ^a  

^a Amherst College   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Orientation; Sierra Madre Oriental; Texas

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION;

MEXICO;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0035735925     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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