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Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration [PDF]
Annual Review of Entomology, 2016 Studies of the migration of the eastern North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) have revealed mechanisms behind its navigation. The main orientation mechanism uses a time-compensated sun compass during both the migration south and the remigration north.
Reppert, Steven M. +2 more
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Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Raw data and matlab scripts used for the manuscript: 'Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain' published in Nature Communications (2023).
Beetz MJ, Kraus C, El Jundi B.
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The neurobiology of the Monarch butterfly compass
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have become a superb model system to unravel how the tiny insect brain controls an impressive navigation behavior, such as long-distance migration. Moreover, the ability to compare the neural substrate between migratory and nonmigratory Monarch butterflies provides us with an attractive model to specifically study
M. Jerome Beetz, Basil el Jundi
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Demystifying Monarch Butterfly Migration [PDF]
Current Biology, 2018 Every fall, millions of North American monarch butterflies undergo a stunning long-distance migration to reach their overwintering grounds in Mexico. Migration allows the butterflies to escape freezing temperatures and dying host plants, and reduces infections with a virulent parasite.
Reppert, Steven M., de Roode, Jacobus C.
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Native Habitats for Monarch Butterflies in South Florida
EDIS, 2009 WEC266, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Rebecca G. Harvey, Patricia L. Howell, Carol Morgenstern, and Frank J. Mazzotti, describes the unique migration of the monarch butterfly, an “endangered natural phenomenon,” the monarch population in Florida ...
Rebecca G. Harvey +3 more
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Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Monarch Butterflies Along Their Migratory Route
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Efforts to conserve the migratory phenomenon of monarch butterflies in eastern North America have increased since a 2013–2014 monitoring report documenting a historical population low at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico.
Saul Castañeda +5 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Monarch Butterflies [PDF]
Evolution, 1991 The natural history and ecology of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) have been studied extensively (Ackery and Vane-Wright, 1984). The nearly cosmopolitan monarch is best known for the massive migration undertaken each autumn by North American populations.
A V Z, Brower, T M, Boyce
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Estimating Milkweed Abundance in Metropolitan Areas Under Existing and User-Defined Scenarios
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Metropolitan areas play an undetermined role in supporting migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations despite providing habitat areas rich with milkweed (Asclepias spp.), the obligate host plants for monarch larvae.
Mark K. Johnston +8 more
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BMC Ecology, 2020 Background The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a conspicuous insect that has experienced a drastic population decline over the past two decades.
Matthew Z. Brym +5 more
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