Linking the continental migratory cycle of the monarch butterfly to understand its population decline

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1081-1091

  Inamine, Hidetoshi ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Springer, James P ^b   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b North American Butterfly Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; HERBICIDE; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84964658571     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03196     Document Type: Article

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