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: 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, 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
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, 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
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: 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, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Davis AK. 2012. Are migratory monarchs really declining in eastern North America? Examining evidence from two fall census programs. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 101-105.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Aardema ML, Zhen Y, Andolfatto P. 2012. The evolution of cardenolide-resistant forms of Na+, K+-ATPase in Danainae butterflies. Molecular ecology 21: 340.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Howard E, Davis AK. 2012. Mortality of migrating monarch butterflies from a wind storm on the shore of Lake Michigan, USA. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 45:49-54.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Van Hook, T., E.H. Williams, L.P. Brower, S. Borkin, & J. Hein. 2012. A standardized protocol for ruler-based measurement of wing length in monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L. (Nymphalidae, Danainae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22 (1):42-52.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2011
Blackiston D, Briscoe AD, Weiss MR. 2011. Color vision and learning in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 509-520.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2011
de Roode JC, de Castillejo CLF, Faits T, Alizon S. 2011. Virulence evolution in response to anti-infection resistance: toxic food plants can select for virulent parasites of monarch butterflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 712-722.
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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.