Experimental Examination of Intraspecific Density-Dependent Competition during the Breeding Period in Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Flockhart, D T Tyler ^a   Martin, Tara G ^b   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MONARCH BUTTERFLY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASCLEPIAS; BREEDING; BUTTERFLIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84866334369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045080     Document Type: Article

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