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: Physiology/behavior, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Cepero LC, Rosenwald LC, Weiss MR. 2015. The Relative Importance of Flower Color and Shape for the Foraging Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 28(4):499-511 DOI:10.1007/s10905-015-9519-z
Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Catalán AKR. (Online Early.) The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: An Exemplary Participative Approach? Environmental Development.
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: Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Nail KR, Stenoien C, Oberhauser KS. (Online Early.) Immature Monarch Survival: Effects of Site Characteristics, Density, and Time. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
Category: Resource use, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Stenoien C, Nail KR, Oberhauser KS. (Online Early.) Habitat Productivity and Temporal Patterns of Monarch Butterfly Egg Densities in the Eastern United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
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: 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: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2015
Young-Isebrand E, et al. 2015. Environmental education and monarchs: reaching across disciplines, generations and nations 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: 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: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Davis AK, Dyer LA. Long-Term Trends in Eastern North American Monarch Butterflies: A Collection of Studies Focusing on Spring, Summer, and Fall Dynamics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2015 Aug 5:sav070.
Category: Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2015
Howard E, Davis AK. Investigating Long-Term Changes in the Spring Migration of Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Using 18 Years of Data From Journey North, a Citizen Science Program. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2015 Sep 1;108(5):664-9.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Davis AK. 2014. Intraspecific variation in wing colour is related to larval energy reserves in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Physiological Entomology
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Gustafsson KM. 2014. Scientific ambiguity and its consequences: a study of the iconic monarch butterfly. In 4S/ESOCITE Joint Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20-23, 2014.
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