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: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Tillman PG, Carpenter JE. 2014. Milkweed (Gentianales: Apocynaceae): A Farmscape Resource for Increasing Parasitism of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Providing Nectar to Insect Pollinators and Monarch Butterflies. Environmental Entomology 43: 370-376.
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Lang A., Cranford J, Conway J, Slegers N, DeChello N, Wilroy J. 2014. Flight testing of live Monarch butterflies to determine the aerodynamic benefit of butterfly scales. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 59.
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
DeChello N, Lang A. 2014. The Effects of Scales on Autorotation of Monarch Butterfly Forewings. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 59.
Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Esquivel Rios S, Cruz Jiménez G, Zizumbo Villarreal L., Cadena Inostroza C. 2014. Governance for tourism in rural areas. Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas 5: 1631-1643.
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.
Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Esquivel-Ríos S, Cruz-Jiménez G, Cadena-Inostroza C, Zizumbo-Villarreal L. 2014. Tourism as an Environmental Policy Instrument in El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Economía Sociedad y Territorio 14: 141-174.
Category: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Rendón-Salinas E, Tavera-Alonso G. 2014. Forest surface occupied by monarch butterfly hibernation colonies in December 2013. World Wildlife Fund–Mexico report.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2014
Shahani PC, del Rao Pesado G, Schappert P, Serrano EG. In press. Monarch habitat conservation across North America: past progress and future needs in Oberhauser KS, Nail KR, Altizer SM, eds. Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly. Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press.
Category: Orientation, Migration, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Guerra PA, Gegear RJ, Reppert SM. 2014. A Magnetic Compass Aids Monarch Butterfly Migration. Nature Communications 5: 4164.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Landis TD. 2014. Monarch waystations: propagating native plants to create travel corridors for migrating monarch butterflies. Native Plant Journal 15:5-16.
Category: Supporting research, Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Servin-Garciduenas LE, Sanchez-Quinto A, Martinez-Romero E. 2014. Draft Genome Sequence of Commensalibacter papalotli MX01, a Symbiont Identified from the Guts of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies. Genome Announcements 2:e00128-14
Asymmetry of plant-mediated interactions between specialist aphids and caterpillars on two milkweeds
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Ali JG, Agrawal AA. 2014. Asymmetry of plant-mediated interactions between specialist aphids and caterpillars on two milkweeds. Functional Ecology Online early.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Agrawal AA, Hastings AP, Patrick ET, Knight AC. 2014. Specificity of Herbivore-Induced Hormonal Signaling and Defensive Traits in Five Closely Related Milkweeds (Asclepiasspp.). Journal of Chemical Ecology Online early
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Lopez-Garcia, J, Manzo-Delgado LL, Alcantara-Ayala I. 2014. Rural aquaculture as a sustainable alternative for forest conservation in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Journal of Environmental Management 138:43-54.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Pierce AA, Zalucki MP, Bangura M, Udawatta M., Kronforst MR, Altizer S, Haeger JF, de Roode JC. Serial founder effects and genetic differentiation during worldwide range expansion of monarch butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:
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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.