Movement and egg laying in Monarchs: To move or not to move, that is the equation

Austral Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-167

  Zalucki, M P ^a   Parry, H R ^b   Zalucki, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergent process; Host finding behaviour; Individual based simulation model; Monarch butterfly; Movement; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUTTERFLY; EGG; FITNESS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GLYPHOSATE; HERB; HOST SELECTION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LAYING DATE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84935517911     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12285     Document Type: Article

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