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: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Lopez SV, Jimenez OC, Boquera MLE, Baret F. 2010. Leaf area index estimation in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana 33: 169-174.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Davis AK, Rendon-Salinas E. 2010. Are female monarch butterflies declining in eastern North America? Evidence of a 30-year change in sex ratios at Mexican overwintering sites. Biology Letters 6: 45-47.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Hartzler RG. 2010. Reduction in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) occurrence in Iowa cropland from 1999 to 2009. Crop Protection 29: 1542.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Atterholt AL, Solensky MJ. 2010. Effects of Larval Rearing Density and Food Availability on Adult Size and Coloration in Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Entomological Science 45: 366-377.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Zalucki MP, Lammers JH. 2010. Dispersal and egg shortfall in Monarch butterflies: what happens when the matrix is cleaned up? Ecological Entomology 35: 84-91.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Stevens SR, Frey DF. 2010. Host plant pattern and variation in climate predict the location of natal grounds for migratory monarch butterflies in western North America. Journal of Insect Conservation 14: 731-744.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2010
de Roode JC, Altizer S. 2010. Host-parasite genetic interactions and virulence-transmission relationships in natural populations of monarch butterflies. Evolution 64: 502-514.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Lopez-Garcia J, Guzman AV. 2010. Vegetation and land use 2009: Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Journal of Maps: 665-673.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2010
McCord JW, Davis AK. 2010. Biological Observations of Monarch Butterfly Behavior at a Migratory Stopover Site: Results from a Long-term Tagging Study in Coastal South Carolina. Journal of Insect Behavior 23: 405-418.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Pereira DA, Ramos MV, Souza DP, Portela TCL, Guimaraes JA, Madeira SVF, Freitas CDT. 2010. Digestibility of defense proteins in latex of milkweeds by digestive proteases of Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L.: A potential determinant of plant-herbivo
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Reppert SM, Gegear RJ, Merlin C. 2010. Navigational mechanisms of migrating monarch butterflies. Trends in Neurosciences 33: 399-406.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Altizer S, Davis AK. 2010. Populations of monarch butterflies with different migratory behaviors show divergence in wing morphology. Evolution 64: 1018-1028.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Rodrigues D, Goodner BW, Weiss MR. 2010. Reversal Learning and Risk-Averse Foraging Behavior in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Ethology 116: 270-280.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Oberhauser KS, Manweiler SA, Lelich R, Blank M, Batalden RV, De Anda A. 2009. Impacts of ultra-low volume Resmethrin applications on non-target insects. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 25: 83-93
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Davis AK. 2009. Wing Color of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Eastern North America across Life Stages: Migrants Are Redder than Breeding and Overwintering Stages. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2009.
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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.