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, 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.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Petschenka G, Offe JK, Dobler S. 2012. Physiological screening for target site insensitivity and localization of Na+K+-ATPase in cardenolide-adapted Lepidoptera. Journal of insect physiology 58: 607.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Alcantara-Ayala I, Lopez-Garcia J, Garnica RJ. 2012. On the landslide event in 2010 in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Angangueo, Michoacan, Mexico. Landslides 9: 263-273.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Oberhauser K. 2012. Tachinid flies and Monarch butterflies: citizen scientists document parasitism Patterns over broad spatial and temporal scales. American Entomologist 58.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Barve N, et al. 2012. Climate-change and mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies. Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad 83: 817-824.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Baum KA, Sharber WV. 2012. Fire creates host plant patches for monarch butterflies. Biology Letters 8: 968-971.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Agrawal AA, Kearney EE, Hastings AP, Ramsey TE. 2012. Attenuation of the Jasmonate Burst, Plant Defensive Traits, and Resistance to Specialist Monarch Caterpillars on Shaded Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Journal of Chemical Ecology 38: 893-901.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Sternberg ED, Lefevre T, Li J, Fernandez de Castillejo CL, Li H, Hunter MD, de Roode JC. 2012. Food plant-derived disease tolerance and resistance in a natural butterfly-plant-parasite interactions. Evolution 66:3367-3376.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Brower LP, Taylor OR, Williams EH, Slayback DA, Zubieta RR, Ramirez MI. 2012. Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: is the migratory phenomenon at risk? Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 95-100.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Brower LP, Taylor OR, Williams EH. 2012. Response to Davis: choosing relevant evidence to assess monarch population trends. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 327-329.
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