El Niño, Host Plant Growth, and Migratory Butterfly Abundance in a Changing Climate

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-97

  Srygley, Robert B ^a,b   Dudley, Robert ^b,c   Oliveira, Evandro G ^d   Riveros, Andre J ^b,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; ENSO; Phenology; Plant insect interaction; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GROWTH; HOST PLANT; LA NINA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PEST SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84891651861     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12081     Document Type: Article

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