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Assessing the Impacts of the Red Imported Fire Ant on First-Generation Monarch Butterfly Reproductive Success in a Texas Coastal Prairie

Creator:

Sutherland, Remy C.

Abstract:

In recent years, monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined at an alarming rate resulting in an extensive conservation effort across the species’ migratory range. One hypothesis for declining populations is decreased reproductive success during spring migration. The eastern monarch population’s first annual generation occurs in the early spring when...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

K. Oberhauser & M. Solensky (Eds.), The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation. Cornell