A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants

First Author: 

  • Davis

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

2020

Source: 

  • Biology Letters

Category: 

  • Environmental performance, Physiology/behavior

Full Reference: 

Davis, A. K., Smith, F. M., & Ballew, A. M. (2020). A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants. Biology Letters, 16(4), 20190922.

Online citation: 

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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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