Welcome to the monarch library! Our goal is to include all peer-reviewed articles on monarch biology with links to sites that will give you the easiest direct access to each article. Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu if you 1) know of an article not included, 2) find a mistake in any of the listed articles, 3) know of a better link to access an article. Thanks! With your help we can provide the most complete, informative access to all papers on monarch biology.
Library
Field Definitions
First author: Last name of the first author
Type: Article or book chapter
Year: Publication year
Source: Journal or book
Category*: Broad scope of the publication.
Research topic (monarch & supporting research only)*: Specific topic.
Geographic focus*: Geographic setting for field studies.
Monitoring data used: Data from monitoring or public data efforts.
* Full list
996 result(s)
Category: Environmental performance, Overwinter dynamics, Natural enemies, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2025
Schaefer, M. C., & James, D. G. (2024). Viability of Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Pupae during Winter in the South Bay Area of San Francisco, California, USA. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78(2), 129-138.
Category: Overwinter dynamics, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2025
Magor, Diana & David G. James. Observations on Predation of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) (Nymphalidae) in California by the Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) (Vespidae). J. Lep Soc. 79(4):293-296
Category: Resource use, Physiology/behavior, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2024
Lezama-Balderas, G., Barragán, F., & Ramírez-Hernández, A. (2024). Interactions between the Migratory Monarch Butterfly and Native Vegetation in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78(1), 81-86.
Category: Migration, Environmental performance, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2024
Matter, S. F., Parlin, A. F., Orley, R., Rich, J. A., & Guerra, P. A. 2024. Meteorological Conditions and Flight Speed during Observed Eastern Monarch Fall Migration Events. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78(1), 16-22.
Category: Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 2023
Minno, Marc. 2023. Freezing Temperature Effects on Monarch (Danaus p. plexippus L., 1785) Larvae in a North Florida Garden. Southern Lepidopterists' Society News 43(3):249-250.
Category: Resource use, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2023
Fisher, K. E., Snyder, B. R., & Bradbury, S. P. 2023. Blooming Forbs Utilized by Breeding-Season Danaus plexippus in the USA North-Central Region. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 77(1), 29-42.
Category: Migration, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2022
Auld, LB, and G Hoff. 2022. Chasing the Monarch Migration. 2022. Southern Lepidopterists' News 44(2)
Category: Environmental performance, Natural enemies, Physiology/behavior, Resource use, Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2022
Boppré, M., Lawson, N., & Vane-Wright, R. I. (2022). Monarch butterflies gather pyrrolizidine alkaloids from dead and injured plants: a call for citizen science contributions. News of the Lepidopterist's Society 64(2):100-103
Category: Commentary or review, Resource use, Habitat, Hostplant dynamics, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Other
Year: 2022
Ross, GN. 2022. Monarch butterfly and native milkweed in coastal southwest Louisiana. Southern Lepidopterists' News 44(3):265
Category: GMO/toxins, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2021
Grant, T.J., Krishnan, N. and Bradbury, S.P. (2021), Conservation risks and benefits of establishing monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) breeding habitats close to maize and soybean fields in the north central United States: A landscape-scale analysis of the impact of foliar insecticide on nonmigratory monarch butterfly populations. Integr Environ Assess Manag, 17: 989-1002.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2021
Fordyce JA, Nice CC and Forister ML. (2020) Commentary: Evaluating the Migration Mortality Hypothesis Using Monarch Tagging Data. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:604914. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.604914
Category: GMO/toxins, Environmental performance, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2021
Knight, SM, Flockhart, DTT, Derbyshire, R, Bosco, MG, Norris, DR. Experimental field evidence shows milkweed contaminated with a common neonicotinoid decreases larval survival of monarch butterflies. J Anim Ecol. 2021; 90: 1742– 1752. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13492
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2021
James, David G. "Western North American Monarchs: Spiraling into Oblivion or Adapting to a Changing Environment?: " Animal Migration, vol. 8, no. 1, 2021, pp. 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/ami-2021-0002
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2021
Lawson, N., Vane-Wright, R.I. and Boppré, M. (2021), The puzzle of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and their association with plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Ecol Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13051
Category: Environmental performance, Population dynamics, Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 2021
Stevenson M, Hudman KL, Scott A, Contreras K, Kopachena JG. High Survivorship of First-Generation Monarch Butterfly Eggs to Third Instar Associated with a Diverse Arthropod Community. Insects. 2021; 12(6):567. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060567
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