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
995 result(s)
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: 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: Supporting research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Yu Q, Tijssen P. 2014. Iteradensovirus from the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus plexippus. Genome Announcements 2:e000321-14.
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: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Johnson H, Solensky MJ, Satterfield DA, Davis AK. 2014. Does Skipping a Meal Matter to a Butterfly's Appearance? Effects of Larval Food Stress on Wing Morphology and Color in Monarch Butterflies PLoS One 9:e93492.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Fritzsche AK, Satterfield DA, Altizer SM. 2014. Migratory trade-offs: Do monarch butterflies sacrifice immune defense for lipid storage? Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: E68
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Diffendorfer JE, Loomis JB, Ries L, Oberhauser K, Lopez-Hoffman L, Semmens D, Semmens B, Butterfield B, Bagstad K, Goldstein J, Wiederholt R, Mattsson B, Thogmartin W. 2013. National Valuation of Monarch Butterflies Indicates an Untapped Potential for Incentive-based Conservation. Conservation Letters 7: 253-262.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Ismail KS. 2014. Study of bacterial contaminants isolated from adult monarch butterfly Ddanaus plexippus) found on milkweed (Calotropis procera) in the Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Science 4: 36.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Vidal O, Lopez-Garcia J, Rendon-Salinas E. 2014. Trends in Deforestation and Forest Degradation after a Decade of Monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Conservation Biology 28: 177-186.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Servin-Garciduenas LE, Martinez-Romero E. 2013. Complete mitochondrial genome recovered from the gut metagenome of overwintering monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae). Mitochondrial DNA: 1.
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
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: 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
Rendón-Salinas E, Tavera-Alonso G. 2014. Forest surface occupied by monarch butterfly hibernation colonies in December 2013. World Wildlife Fund–Mexico report.
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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.