Tracking multi-generational colonization of the breeding grounds by monarch butterflies in eastern North America

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Tyler Flockhart, D T ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b,e   Martin, Tara G ^c   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Wunder, Michael B ^d   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Danaus plexippus; Deuterium; Insect migration; Migratory connectivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SITE; BUTTERFLY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PROBABILITY; TRACKING;

NORTH AMERICA;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84898392608     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1087     Document Type: Article

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