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: 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: 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: 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.
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: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Flockhart DTT, Pichancourt JB, Norris DR, Martin TG. 2014. Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology Online early
Category: Techniques, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Chakrabarty S, Pal AK, Dey N, Das D, & Acharjee S. 2014. Foliage area computation using monarch butterfly algorithm. Pages 249-253 in Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE), 2014 1st International Conference on. IEEE.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Tao L, Berns AR, Hunter MD. 2013. Why does a good thing become too much? Interactions between foliar nutrients and toxins determine performance of an insect herbivore. Functional Ecology 28:190-196.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Perez-Ramirez S, Ramirez MI, Jaramillo-Lopez PF, Bautista F. 2013. Soil organic carbon content under different forest conditions: Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, mexico. Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales Y Del Ambiente 19: 157-173.
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, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Guerra PA, Reppert SM. 2013. Coldness Triggers Northward Flight in Remigrant Monarch Butterflies. Current Biology 23: 419-423.
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, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Heinze S, Florman J, Asokaraj S, el Jundi B, Reppert SM. 2013. Anatomical basis of sun compass navigation II: The neuronal composition of the central complex of the monarch butterfly. Journal of Comparative Neurology 521: 267-298.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Merlin C, Beaver LE, Taylor OR, Wolfe SA, Reppert SM. 2013. Efficient targeted mutagenesis in the monarch butterfly using zinc-finger nucleases. Genome Research 23: 159-168.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Mouritsen H, Derbyshire R, Stalleicken J, Mouritsen OO, Frost BJ, Norris DR. 2013. An experimental displacement and over 50 years of tag-recoveries show that monarch butterflies are not true navigators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of t
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
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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.