Oyamel fir forest trunks provide thermal advantages for overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-175

  Brower, Lincoln P ^a   Williams, Ernest H ^b   Slayback, Daniel A ^c   Fink, Linda S ^a   Ramirez, M Isabel ^d   Zubieta, Raúl R ^e   Garcia, M Ivan Limon ^e   Gier, Paul ^f   Lear, Jennifer A ^g   Van Hook, Tonya ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Huntingdon College   (United States)

^g National Cathedral School   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Hot water bottle effect; Large and small trees; Microclimate; Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve management; Thermal buffering; Thermal inertia

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149120317     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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