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: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2013
Rafter JL, Agrawal AA, Preisser EL. 2013. Chinese mantids gut toxic monarch caterpillars: avoidance of prey defence? Ecological Entomology 38: 76-82.
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, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Lefevre T, Chiang A, Kelavkar M, Li H, Li J, de Castillejo CLF, Oliver L, Potini Y, Hunter MD, de Roode JC. 2012. Behavioural resistance against a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 70-79.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Champo-Jimenez O, Valderrama-Landeros L, Espana-Boquera M. 2012. Forest cover loss in the monarch butterfly biosphere reserve, michoacan, mexico (2006-2010). Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales Y Del Ambiente 18: 143-157.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Heinze S, Reppert SM. 2012. Anatomical basis of sun compass navigation I: The general layout of the monarch butterfly brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology 520: 1599-1628.
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.
Discordant timing between antennae disrupts sun compass orientation in migratory monarch butterflies
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Guerra PA, Merlin C, Gegear RJ, Reppert SM. 2012. Discordant timing between antennae disrupts sun compass orientation in migratory monarch butterflies. Nature Communications 3.
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: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Rodrigues D, Weiss MR. 2012. Reward Tracking and Memory Decay in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Ethology 118: 1122-1131.
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.
Pages
This database is a work in progress and is likely to contain several omissions and mistakes.
Please contact jeffpippen9@gmail.com with any additions or corrections.