Long-term monitoring and fall migration patterns of the monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 682-689

  Walton, Richard K ^a   Brower, Lincoln P ^b   Davis, Andrew K ^c  

^a Cape May Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Endangered biological phenomenon; North America; Population census; Seasonal migration

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MIGRATION; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CAPE MAY COUNTY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 25144500550     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0682:LMAFMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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