Monarch butterflies cross the Appalachians from the west to recolonize the east coast of North America

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Miller, Nathan G ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Insect migration; Migratory connectivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOLONIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

APPALACHIANS; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79551501735     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0525     Document Type: Article

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