Response to Davis: Choosing relevant evidence to assess monarch population trends

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-329

  Brower, Lincoln P ^a   Taylor, Orley R ^b   Williams, Ernest H ^c  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat; Lepidoptera; Migration; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863867286     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00176.x     Document Type: Note

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