Effects of photoperiod, temperature, and host plant age on induction of reproductive diapause and development time in Danaus plexippus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 674-685

  Goehring, Liz ^a,b   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Day degrees; Development time; Diapause induction; Host plant characteristics; Monarch butterfly; Photoperiod; Reproductive diapause

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAPAUSE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0036893928     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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