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: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Vidal O, Rendon-Salinas E. 2014. Dynamics and trends of overwintering colonies of the monarch butterfly in Mexico. Biological Conservation 180:165-175
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: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Pleasants JM, Oberhauser KS. 2013. Milkweed loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: effect on the monarch butterfly population. Insect Conservation and Diversity 6: 135-144.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Villanueva G, Lanz-Mendoza H, Hernandez-Martinez S, Zavaleta MS, Manjarrez J, Contreras-Garduno JM, Contreras-Garduno J. 2013. In the monarch butterfly the juvenile hormone effect upon immune response depends on the immune marker and is sex dependent. Ope
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Hanley D, Miller NG, Flockhart DTT, Norris DR. 2013. Forewing pigmentation predicts migration distance in wild-caught migratory monarch butterflies. Behavioral Ecology 24: 1108.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Zhan S, Reppert SM. 2013. MonarchBase: the monarch butterfly genome database. Nucleic Acids Research 41: D758-D763.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Luna T, Dumroese RK. 2013. Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) and milkweeds (Asclepias species) The Current Situation and Methods for Propagating Milkweeds. Native Plants Journal 14: 5.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Mouritsen H, Derbyshire R, Stalleicken J, Mouritsen OO, Frost BJ, Norris DR. 2013. Reply to Oberhauser et al.: The experimental evidence clearly shows that monarch butterflies are almost certainly not true navigators. Proceedings of the National Academy o
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Oberhauser KS, Taylor OR, Reppert SM, Dingle H, Nail KR, Pyle RM, Stenoien C. 2013. Are monarch butterflies true navigators? The jury is still out. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: E3680-E3680
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Petschenka G, Fandrich S, Sander N, Wagschal V, Boppre M, Dobler S. 2013. Stepwise Evolution of Resistance to Toxic Cardenolides Via Genetic Substitutions in the Na+/K+-Atpase of Milkweed Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaini). Evolution 67: 2753-2761.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Sternberg ED, Li H, Wang R, Gowler C, de Roode JC. 2013. Patterns of Host-Parasite Adaptation in Three Populations of Monarch Butterflies Infected with a Naturally Occurring Protozoan Disease: Virulence, Resistance, and Tolerance. American Naturalist 182:
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2013
van der Heyden T, Jimanez D. 2013. Larval colour morphs of Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 41.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Flockhart DTT, Wassenaar LI, Martin TG, Hobson KA, Wunder MB, Norris DR. 2013. Tracking multi-generational colonization of the breeding grounds by monarch butterflies in eastern North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 280: 8.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Sander SE, Altizer S, de Roode JC, Davis AK. 2013. Genetic Factors and Host Traits Predict Spore Morphology for a Butterfly Pathogen. Insects 4: 447.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Satterfield DA, Wright AE, Altizer S. 2013. Lipid reserves and immune defense in healthy and diseased migrating monarchs Danaus plexippus. Current Zoology 59:393-402.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.