The Influence of Eastern North American autumnal migrant monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) on continuously breeding resident monarch populations in Southern Florida

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 816-823

  Knight, Amy ^a   Brower, Lincoln P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Biogeography; Cardenolide; Danainae; Everglades; Lepidoptera; Migration; Milkweed; Population biology; Resident breeding populations; Thin layer chromatography fingerprints

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BREEDING POPULATION; BUTTERFLY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAPAUSE; DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIGRATION; OVERWINTERING; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPERMATOPHORE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIAMI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASCLEPIAS FEAYI; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASCLEPIAS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; LEPIDOPTERA; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 70349572966     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9655-z     Document Type: Article

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