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Variation in wing characteristics of monarch butterflies during migration: Earlier migrants have redder and more elongated wings
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Dara A. Satterfield
Published/Copyright:
April 24, 2014
Received: 2013-11-18
Accepted: 2013-12-16
Published Online: 2014-04-24
Published in Print: 2015-01-01
© 2014 Dara A. Satterfield, Andrew K.Davis
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Keywords for this article
Monarch butterfly;
Danaus plexippus;
migration;
wing morphology;
wing color
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