Fire creates host plant patches for monarch butterflies

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 968-971

  Baum, Kristen A ^a   Sharber, Wyatt V ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias viridis; Danaus plexippus; Migration; Milkweed; Prescribed fire; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BUTTERFLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOST PLANT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84869762129     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0550     Document Type: Article

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