Library

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.

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

984 result(s)
Category: Hostplant biology, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Couture JJ, Serbin SP, Townsend PA. 2015. Elevated Temperature and Periodic Water Stress alter Growth and Quality of Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) and Monarch (Danaus Plexippus) Larval Performance. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 9: 149-161.

Category: Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Guerra PA, Reppert SM. 2015. Sensory Basis of Lepidopteran Migration: Focus on the Monarch Butterfly. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 34: 20-28.

Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Gustafsson KM, Agrawal AA, Lewenstein BV, Wolf SA. 2015. The Monarch Butterfly through Time and Space: The Social Construction of an Icon. BioScience 65: 612-622.

Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Mongue AJ, Ahmed MZ, Tsai MV, de Roode JC. 2015. Testing for cryptic female choice in monarch butterflies. Behavioral Ecology 26: 386-395.

Category: GMO/toxins, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Pocius VM, Hilbig BE. Exposure To Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides And Impacts On Parasitic Infection In The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus. 2011 NCUR Password Protected Papers. 2015 Aug 1.

Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Rodrigues D. (Online Early.) Both associative learning and speed–accuracy trade-off occur in the southern monarch butterfly when visiting flowers. Ethology Ecology & Evolution: 1-12.

Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Gowler CD, Leon KE, Hunter MD, de Roode JC. 2015. Secondary Defense Chemicals in Milkweed Reduce Parasite Infection in Monarch Butterflies, Danaus plexippus. Journal of chemical ecology, 1-4.

Category: Resource use, Hostplant dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Fischer SJ, Williams EH, Brower LP, Palmiotto PA. 2015. Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Reproduction by Mowing Fields of Common Milkweed. The American Midland Naturalist 173: 229-240.

Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Wang GG, Deb S, Cui Z. 2015. Monarch butterfly optimization. Neural Computing and Applications, 1-20.

Category: GMO/toxins, Resource use, Environmental performance, Conservation/social dimensions, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Zalucki MP, Parry, HR, and JM Zalucki. 2015. Movement and egg laying in Monarchs: To move or not to move, that is the equation. Austral Ecology 41:154-167 | https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12285

Category: Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Cutting BT, Tallamy DW. (Online Early). An Evaluation of Butterfly Gardens for Restoring Habitat for the Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Danaidae). Environmental Entomology, nvv111.

Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Kronforst MR. 2015. Exploring the Molecular Basis of Monarch Butterfly Color Pattern Variation. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 28:127-130.

Category: Techniques, Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Ries L, Oberhauser K. 2015. A Citizen Army for Science: Quantifying the Contributions of Citizen Scientists to our Understanding of Monarch Butterfly Biology. BioScience 65: 419-430.

Category: Physiology/behavior, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Pan H, Yang X., Bidne K., Hellmich RL, Siegfried BD, Zhou X. 2015. Selection of Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Analysis in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.), a Migrating Bio-Indicator. PLoS ONE, 10: e0129482.

Category: Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Slager BH, Malcolm SB. 2015. Evidence for Partial Migration in the Southern Monarch Butterfly, Danaus erippus, in Bolivia and Argentina. Biotropica 47: 355-362.

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This database is a work in progress and is likely to contain several omissions and mistakes.
Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.