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
996 result(s)
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: 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: 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: 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: Physiology/behavior, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Bode-Oke AT, Dong H. 2020 The reverse flight of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is characterized by a weight-supporting upstroke and
postural changes. J. R. Soc. Interface 17: 20200268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0268
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: 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: Habitat, Resource use, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Nestle, R.; Daniels, J.C.; Dale, A.G. Mixed-Species Gardens Increase Monarch Oviposition without Increasing Top-Down Predation. Insects 2020, 11, 648. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects1109064
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: 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: 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: 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
Category: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2020
Grant, T.J., D.T.T. Flockhart, T.R. Blader, R.L. Hellmich, G.M. Piman, S. Tyner, D.R. Norris, and S.P. Bradbury. (2020). Estimating arthropod survival probability from field counts: a case study with monarch butterflies. Ecosphere. 11 (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3082.
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