Monarch caterpillars are robust to combined exposure to the roadside micronutrients sodium and zinc.

Alexander M Shephard, Timothy S Mitchell, Emilie C Snell-Rood

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Article in Conservation physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alexander M ShephardDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.

Timothy S MitchellDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.

Emilie C Snell-RoodDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.

University of Minnesota · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human activities are increasing the environmental availability of micronutrients, including sodium and some essential metals. Micronutrients are often limiting in animal diets but may have negative effects when consumed in excess. Though prior research has documented how elevated exposure to individual micronutrients can impact organismal development and fitness, we know less about combined effects of multiple micronutrients. In the wild, monarch butterfly larvae (

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anthropogenic change sodiummicronutrientmonarch butterflynutritional ecologyzinc

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PMID34386239

DOI10.1093/conphys/coab061

PMCPMC8354372

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