Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant

First Author: 

  • de Roode

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

2011

Source: 

  • Ecology Letters

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Natural enemies

Full Reference: 

de Roode JC, Rarick RM, Mongue AJ, Gerardo NM, Hunter MD. 2011. Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant. Ecology Letters 14: 453-461.

Online citation: 

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=16590355134823410275&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C…

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.
* Full list