The importance of forest cover for the survival of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae)

First Author: 

  • Calvert

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

1981

Source: 

  • Journal of the Lepidopterists Society

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics

Full Reference: 

Calvert WH, Brower LP. 1981. The importance of forest cover for the survival of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 35: 216-225.

Online citation: 

http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1980s/1981/1981-35%283%29216-Calvert.p…

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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