Monarchs in decline: a collateral landscape-level effect of modern agriculture

Insect Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 528-541

  Stenoien, Carl ^a   Nail, Kelly R ^a   Zalucki, Jacinta M ^b   Parry, Hazel ^c   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asclepias; citizen science; conservation; Danaus plexippus; migration; transgenic GM crops

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLY; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLIES; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85006263559     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12404     Document Type: Review

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