Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild

Recent work suggests captive-reared monarch butterflies lose their capacity to fly southward in fall, questioning the value of captive rearing. We show that, in contrast to captive-reared monarchs flown in a flight simulator, monarchs reared under laboratory conditions and released in the wild showe...

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Published in:	Conservation physiology Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - coab032
Main Authors:	Wilcox, Alana A E, Newman, Amy E M, Raine, Nigel E, Mitchell, Greg W, Norris, D Ryan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford University Press 2021
Subjects:	Animal navigation Behavior Captive wild animals Environmental aspects Monarch butterfly North America insect migration pollinator conservation radio tracking
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