The adaptive significance of crawling up onto foliage for the survival of grounded overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) in Mexico

First Author: 

  • Calvert

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

1983

Source: 

  • Ecological Entomology

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Environmental performance

Full Reference: 

Calvert WH, Cohen JA. 1983. The adaptive significance of crawling up onto foliage for the survival of grounded overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) in Mexico. Ecological Entomology 8: 471-474.

Online citation: 

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=9586036877000438493&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C2…

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.
* Full list