Influence of forest canopy closure on rates of bird predation on overwintering Monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus L.

First Author: 

  • Alonso-Mejia

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

1998

Source: 

  • Biological Conservation

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Natural enemies

Full Reference: 

Alonso-Mejia A, Montesinos-Patino E, Rendon-Salinas E, Brower LP, Oyama K. 1998. Influence of forest canopy closure on rates of bird predation on overwintering Monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus L. Biological Conservation 85: 151-159.

Online citation: 

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=10426845560278432087&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C…

Study Setting: 

  • Field

Geographic Focus: 

  • Mexican Overwintering

Field Definitions

First author: Last name of the first author
Type: Article or book chapter
Year: Publication year
Source: Journal or book
Category*: Broad scope of the publication.
Research topic (monarch & supporting research only)*: Specific topic.
Geographic focus*: Geographic setting for field studies.
Monitoring data used: Data from monitoring or public data efforts.
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