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: 2012
Flockhart DTT, Martin TG, Norris DR. 2012. Experimental Examination of Intraspecific Density-Dependent Competition during the Breeding Period in Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Plos One 7.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Zipkin EF, Ries L, Reeves R, Regetz J, Oberhauser KS. 2012. Tracking climate impacts on the migratory monarch butterfly. Global Change Biology 18: 3039-3049.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Leong KHL, Yoshimura MA, Williams C. 2012. Adaptive significance of previously mated monarch butterfly females (Danaus plexippus (Linneaus)) overwintering at a California winter site. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 66: 205-210.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Zalucki MP, Malcolm SB, Hanlon CC, Paine TD. 2012. First-instar monarch larval growth and survival on milkweeds in southern California: effects of latex, leaf hairs and cardenolides. Chemoecology 22: 75-88.
Land-use change and hillslope instability in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, central mexico
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Lopez-Garcia J, Alcantara-Ayala I. 2012. Land-use change and hillslope instability in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, central mexico. Land Degradation & Development 23: 384-397.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Suetsugu K, Mutoh A, Kato S, Kunitachi T, Itoh H. 2012. Emergence of migration behavior and adaptiogenesis to environments with sensory agents: Multigenerational migration of the monarch butterfly. Electronics and Communications in Japan 95: 46-55.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Lyons JI, Pierce AA, Barribeau SM, Sternberg ED, Mongue AJ, de Roode JC. 2012. Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations. Molecular Ecology 21: 3433-3444.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Miller NG, Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA, Norris DR. 2012. Migratory Connectivity of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus): Patterns of Spring Re-Colonization in Eastern North America. Plos One 7.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Saenz-Romero C, Rehfeldt GE, Duval P, Lindig-Cisneros RA. 2012. Abies religiosa habitat prediction in climatic change scenarios and implications for monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management 275: 98-106.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Dockx C. 2012. Differences in phenotypic traits and migratory strategies between eastern North American monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 717-736.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Davis AK, Chi J, Bradley C, Altizer S. 2012. The Redder the Better: Wing Color Predicts Flight Performance in Monarch Butterflies. Plos One 7.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Mebs D, Wagner MG, Toennes SW, Wunder C, Boppre M. 2012. Selective sequestration of cardenolide isomers by two species of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae). Chemoecology 22: 269.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Davis AK, Nibbelink NP, Howard E. 2012. Identifying large-and small-scale habitat characteristics of monarch butterfly migratory roost sites with citizen science observations. International Journal of Zoology 2012.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Agrawal AA, Petschenka G, Bingham RA, Weber MG, Rasmann S. 2012. Toxic cardenolides: chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions. New Phytologist 194: 28.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2012
McCord JW, Davis AK. 2012. Characteristics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) that stopover at a site in coastal South Carolina during fall migration. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 45: 1-8.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.