Monarch butterfly clusters provide microclimatic advantages during the overwintering season in Mexico

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Brower, Lincoln P ^a   Williams, Ernest H ^b   Fink, Linda S ^a   Zubieta, Raúl R ^c   Ramírez, M Isabel ^d  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Clustering behavior; Humidity; Insulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BUTTERFLY; FOREST COVER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROCLIMATE; OVERWINTERING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 58149484687     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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