Can roadside habitat lead monarchs on a route to recovery?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1047-1057

  Kasten, Kyle ^a   Stenoien, Carl ^a   Caldwell, Wendy ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat corridor; Milkweed; Monarch butterfly; Roadside habitat

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84996486951     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-016-9938-y     Document Type: Article

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