Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution...

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Anurag Agrawal

Monarchs and Milkweed

A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

Anurag Agrawal

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Princeton University Press
06 June 2017

Evolution; Plant ecology; Animal ecology; Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythi

By: Anurag Agrawal
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 964g
ISBN: 9780691166353
ISBN 10: 0691166358
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 06 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anurag Agrawal is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Entomology at Cornell University. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

Reviews for Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

A lively, highly informative introduction to significant research in ecology that highlights the importance of conserving our natural habitats. --Kirkus This comprehensive and colorful illustrated study of monarch biology and behavior ... offers another reason to admire the versatile insect: its long and successful symbiotic relationship with the otherwise toxic milkweed plant... Agrawal's book will appeal not only to butterfly enthusiasts but also to the environmentally aware and all readers who appreciate solidly written and accessible popular science. --Booklist

Commended for 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers 2018
Long-listed for 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books 2018
Short-listed for Forbes.com's 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist 2017
Winner of 2017 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature and Environment 2017