Does Skipping a Meal Matter to a Butterfly's Appearance? Effects of Larval Food Stress on Wing Morphology and Color in Monarch Butterflies

First Author: 

  • Johnson

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

2014

Source: 

  • Plos One

Category: 

  • Monarch research, Physiology/behavior

Full Reference: 

Johnson H, Solensky MJ, Satterfield DA, Davis AK. 2014. Does Skipping a Meal Matter to a Butterfly's Appearance? Effects of Larval Food Stress on Wing Morphology and Color in Monarch Butterflies PLoS One 9:e93492.

Study Setting: 

  • Lab

Geographic Focus: 

  • Eastern Breeding

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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