Monarch butterfly oviposition on swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum spp.)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 631-636

  Casagrande, R A ^a   Dacey, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Danaus plexippus; Invasive species; Oviposition preference; Vincetoxicum nigrum

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EGG PRODUCTION; HOST SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVIPOSITION; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WEED;

ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CANADA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CHIASMODONTIDAE; CYNANCHUM; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; VINCETOXICUM; VINCETOXICUM NIGRUM;

EID: 34250756150     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[631:MBOOSV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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