Immature monarch survival: Effects of site characteristics, density, and time

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 680-690

  Nail, Kelly R ^a   Stenoien, Carl ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; habitat; Lepidoptera; monarch; survival

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DATA SET; GENERATION TIME; HABITAT TYPE; MATURATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84944128708     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav047     Document Type: Article

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