What do monarch population time series tell us about eastern and western population mixing?

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-31

  Vandenbosch, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual census; California; Climate dependence; Danaus plexippus; Mexico; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BUTTERFLY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION SIZE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 34249661582     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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