Overwintering clusters of the monarch butterfly coincide with the least hazardous vertical temperatures in the oyamel forest

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-46

  Brower, Lincoln P ^a   Williams, Ernest H ^b   Fink, Linda S ^a   Slayback, Daniela ^c   Isabel Ramirez M ^d   Van Limon Garcia M ^e   Zubieta, Raúl R ^e   Weiss, Stuart B ^f   Calvert, William H ^g   Zuchowski, Willow ^g  

^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 Creekside Center for Earth Observation   (United States)

^g NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Conservation; Danaus plexippus; Forest management; Microclimate; Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve; Negative effects of forest thinning; Trunk and bough clustering behavior; Vertical temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; OVERWINTERING; ROOSTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THINNING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ABIES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79956145667     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v65i1.a3     Document Type: Article

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