Wing color of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Eastern North America across life stages: Migrants are "redder" than breeding and overwintering stages

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Davis, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954396253     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/705780     Document Type: Article

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