Migratory connectivity of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): Patterns of spring re-colonization in eastern North America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; EGG LAYING; MEXICO; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; ISOTOPE LABELING; WING;

EID: 84858146843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031891     Document Type: Article

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