Do Healthy Monarchs Migrate Farther? Tracking Natal Origins of Parasitized vs. Uninfected Monarch Butterflies Overwintering in Mexico

Long-distance migration can lower parasite prevalence if strenuous journeys remove infected animals from wild populations. We examined wild monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to investigate the potential costs of the protozoan Ophryocystis elektroscirrha on migratory success. We collected monarc...

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Autores principales: Altizer, Sonia, Hobson, Keith A., Davis, Andrew K., De Roode, Jacobus C., Wassenaar, Leonard I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26606389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141371

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26606389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141371

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