Enhancing monarch butterfly reproduction by mowing fields of common milkweed

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-240

  Fischer, Sandra J ^a   Williams, Ernest H ^b   Brower, Lincoln P ^c   Palmiotto, Peter A ^a  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT QUALITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOWING; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; REGROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84928661012     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/amid-173-02-229-240.1     Document Type: Article

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