Cardenolide content and thin-layer chromatography profiles of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) and their larval host-plant milkweed, Asclepias-viridis Walt (Apocynales, Asclepiadaceae) in northwest

First Author: 

  • Lynch

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

1987

Source: 

  • Journal of Chemical Ecology

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Physiology/behavior

Full Reference: 

Lynch SP, Martin RA. 1987. Cardenolide content and thin-layer chromatography profiles of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) and their larval host-plant milkweed, Asclepias-viridis Walt (Apocynales, Asclepiadaceae) in northwest

Study Setting: 

  • Lab

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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