Information on Florida's butterfly migrants

The citations to journal articles listed below have links to the full text in PDF format. Most of the PDF files are large, because they were made by scanning reprints of the original articles.

Principal literature
Walker, T.J. 1978. Migration and re-migration of butterflies through north peninsular Florida: quantification with Malaise traps. J. Lepid. Soc. 32(3): 178-190.

Walker, T.J. 1991. Butterfly migration from and to peninsular Florida. Ecol. Entomol. 16(2): 241-252.

Lenczewski, Barbara. 1992. Butterfly migration through the Florida peninsula. Phd dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. 131 pp. (University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI)

Walker, T.J., and R.C. Littell. 1994. Orientation of fall migrating butterflies in north peninsular Florida and source areas. Ethology 98(1): 60-84.

Walker, T.J. 2001. Butterfly migrations in Florida: seasonal patterns and long-term changes. Environ. Entomology 30(6): 1052-1060.

Walker, T.J., and J.J. Whitesell. 2005. Changes in orientation of migrating butterflies crossing a transect near the Georgia-Florida border. (in preparation)


Other literature
Walker, T.J. 1980. Migrating Lepidoptera: are butterflies better than moths? Pages 79-98 in Insect Behavioral Ecology Symposium, '79. Fla. Entomol. 63: 1-111.

Walker, T.J., and A.J. Riordan. 1981. Butterfly migration: are synoptic scale wind systems important? Ecol. Entomol. 6(4): 433-440.

Walker, T.J. 1985. Butterfly migration in the boundary layer. Pages 704-723 in M.A. Rankin, ed. Migrations: mechanisms and adaptive significance. (Supplement to Vol. 27 of Contrib. Mar. Sci.).

Walker, T.J. 1985. Permanent traps for monitoring butterfly migration: tests in Florida, 1979-84. J. Lepid. Soc. 39(4): 313-320.

Walker, T.J., and B. Lenczewski. 1989. An inexpensive portable trap for monitoring butterfly migrations. J. Lepid. Soc. 43(4): 289-298.

Walker, T.J., and J.J. Whitesell. 1993. A superior trap for migrating butterflies. J. Lepid. Soc. 47(2): 140-149.

Walker, T.J., and J.J. Whitesell. 1994. A simple portable trap for migrating butterflies. J. Lepid. Soc. 48(4): 373-380.