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
984 result(s)
Category: Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Rivera-Flores MA, González-Gómez R, Luna-Soria H, García-Rubio OR. 2015. Using Citizen-Monitoring to Define the Migration Route of Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.) 1, in the State of Guanajuato. Southwestern Entomologist 40: 233-236.
Category: GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Krischik V, Rogers M, Gupta G, Varshney A. Soil-Applied Imidacloprid Translocates to Ornamental Flowers and Reduces Survival of Adult Coleomegilla maculata, Harmonia axyridis, and Hippodamia convergens Lady Beetles, and Larval Danaus plexippus and Vanessa cardui Butterflies. PloS one. 2015 Mar 23;10(3):e0119133.
Category: Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Sternberg ED, Roode JC, Hunter MD. Trans‐generational parasite protection associated with paternal diet. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2015 Jan 1;84(1):310-21.
Category: Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Flockhart DTT, Pichancourt J-B, Norris DR, Martin TG. 2015. Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:155-165.
Category: Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Griffiths J, Villablanca F. 2015. Managing Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Groves: Making Room among the Eucalyptus. California Fish and Game, 101:40-50.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2015
Oberhauser KS. 2015. Overview: Monarchs and People: Model programs for citizen science, education, and conservation in Oberhauser KS, Nail KR, Altizer SM, eds. Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Insect. Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press.
Category: Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Landis TD, Dumroese RK. 2015. Propagating Native Milkweeds for Restoring Monarch Butterfly Habitat. Acta Hortic. (ISHS) 1085: 299-307.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Cortez-Madrigal H. 2014. Preserving the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus l.), Preserving Natural Enemies of Pest. Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente XX: 247-253.
Category: Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Castellanos-Acuña D, Lindig-Cisneros RA, Silva-Farias MÁ, Sáenz-Romero C. 2014. PROVISIONAL ALTITUDINAL ZONING OF Abies religiosa IN AN AREA NEAR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE RESERVE, MICHOACÁN. Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente XX: 215-225.
Category: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Rendón-Salinas E, Tavera-Alonso G. Forest surface occupied by monarch butterfly hibernation colonies in December 2013. World Wildlife Fund–Mexico report. (2014)
Category: Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Servín-Garcidueñas LE, Martínez-Romero E. 2014. Complete Mitochondrial Genome Recovered from the Gut Metagenome of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae). Mitochondrial DNA 25: 427-428.
Category: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Monroe M, Frey D, Stevens S. 2014. Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count Data from 1997-2012. URL: http://www.westernmonarchcount.org/data/(accessed 11 Aug 2015)
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Wason EL, Hunter MD. 2014. Genetic variation in plant volatile emission does not result in differential attraction of natural enemies in the field. Oecologia 174:479-491.
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Satterfield DA, Davis AK. 2014. Variation in Wing Characteristics of Monarch Butterflies During Migration: Earlier Migrants have Redder and More Elongated Wings. Animal Migration 2: 1-7.
Category: Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Manzo-Delgado L, López-García J, Alcántara-Ayala I. 2014. Role of Forest Conservation in Lessening Land Degradation in a Temperate Region: The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Journal of Environmental Management 138: 55-66.
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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.