Comparative success of monarch butterfly migration to overwintering sites in Mexico from inland and coastal sites in Virginia

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-200

  Brindza, Larry J ^a   Brower, Lincoln P ^b   Davis, Andrew K ^c   Van Hook, Tonya ^b  

^a Sweet Briar College ^*  (United States)

^b SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic coastal ecosystem deterioration; Nectar availability; Risky fall migration route; Tagging and recapture rates; Wet mass; Wing length

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BUTTERFLY; FLORA; NECTAR; OVERWINTERING; WING MORPHOLOGY;

APPALACHIANS; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 58249111727     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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