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: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Brym MZ, Henry C, Lukashow-Moore SP, Henry BJ, van Gestel N, Kendall RJ. Prevalence of monarch (Danaus plexippus) and queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies in West Texas during the fall of 2018. BMC Ecol. 2020 Jun 12;20(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12898-020-00301-x. PMID: 32532338; PMCID: PMC7291465.
Category: GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Bargar TA, Hladik ML, Daniels JC. 2020. Uptake and toxicity of clothianidin to monarch butterflies from milkweed consumption. PeerJ 8:e8669 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8669
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Andrew K. Davis "Evaluating Cardiac Reactions of Monarch Butterflies to Human Handling across Three Life Stages," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 74(1), 43-50, (16 March 2020). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.74i1.a5
Category: GMO/toxins, Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Halsch CA, Code A, Hoyle SM, Fordyce JA, Baert N and Forister ML (2020) Pesticide Contamination of Milkweeds Across the Agricultural, Urban, and Open Spaces of Low-Elevation Northern California. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:162. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00162
Category: Environmental performance, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Davis, A. K., Smith, F. M., & Ballew, A. M. (2020). A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants. Biology Letters, 16(4), 20190922.
Category: GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Redmond CT, Wallis L, Geis M, Williamson RC, and DA Potter. 2020. Strengths and limitations of Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae for managing Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica ) adults and grubs with caveats for cross‐order activity to monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ) larvae. Pest Science Management 76(2):472-479 | https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5532
Category: Physiology/behavior, Environmental performance, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Esmaile N and D Rodrigues. 2020. Attractiveness to highly informative flowers and absence of conditioning in the southern monarch butterfly. Behavioural Processes 175, June 2020, 104120 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104120
Category: GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Krishnan N, Zhang Y, Bidne KG, Hellmich RL, Coats JR, and SP Bradbury. 2020. Assessing field‐scale risks of foliar insecticide applications to monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21 January 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4672
Category: Evolution/range, Resource use, Population dynamics, Physiology/behavior, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Freedman MG, Jason C, Ramirez SR, and SY Strauss. 2020. Host plant adaptation during contemporary range expansion in the monarch butterfly. Evolution 74(2):377-391
Category: Environmental performance, Orientation, Resource use, Conservation/social dimensions, Habitat, Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Fisher KE, Adelman JS, and SP Bradbury. 2020. Employing Very High Frequency (VHF) Radio Telemetry to Recreate Monarch Butterfly Flight Paths. Environmental Entomology, Volume 49, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 312–323, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa019
Category: Environmental performance, Population dynamics, Resource use, Conservation/social dimensions, Habitat, Hostplant dynamics, Supporting research
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Haan NL, and DA Landis. 2020. Grassland disturbance effects on first-instar monarch butterfly survival, floral resources, and flower-visiting insects. Biological Conservation 243 | doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108492
Category: Environmental performance, Natural enemies, Resource use, Population dynamics, Conservation/social dimensions, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Baker AM and DA Potter. 2020. Invasive paper wasp turns urban pollinator gardens into ecological traps for monarch butterfly larvae. Scientific Reports 10, 9553. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66621-6
Category: Resource use, Habitat, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Lukens L, Kasten K, Stenoien C, Cariveau A, Caldwell W and Oberhauser K. (2020) Monarch Habitat in Conservation Grasslands. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:13. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00013
Category: Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Fisher, K.E., Hellmich, R.L. & Bradbury, S.P. Estimates of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) utilization by monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) and the significance of larval movement. J Insect Conserv 24, 297–307 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00213-2
Category: Migration, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Freedman, M.G., Dingle, H., Y. Strauss, S.Y., Ramírez, S.R. (2020) Two centuries of monarch butterfly collections reveal contrasting effects of range expansion and migration loss on wing traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117:46. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2001283117
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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.