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
995 result(s)
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Lefevre T, Oliver L, Hunter MD, De Roode JC. 2010. Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature. Ecology Letters 13: 1485.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2010
Boquera MLE, Lobit P, Morales VC. 2010. Leaf chlorophyll content estimation in the monarch butterfly biosphere reserve. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana 33: 175-181.
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, 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: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Hashizume H, Mutoh A, Kato S, Kunitachi T, Itoh H. 2009. Emergence of Cross-Generational Migration Behavior in Multiagent Simulation. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics 13: 304.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Lindsey E, Mehta M, Dhulipala V, Oberhauser K, Altizer S. 2009. Crowding and disease: effects of host density on response to infection in a butterfly-parasite interaction. Ecological Entomology 34: 551.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Rasmann S, Johnson MD, Agrawal AA. 2009. Induced Responses to Herbivory and Jasmonate in Three Milkweed Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 1326.
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.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Viana C, Campos R, Viegas F, Silva F, Fraca R, Reis V, Guerreiro M, Canha P. 2009. A borboleta monarca (Danaus plexippus) em Odemira - Portugal. Captar 1:79-88.
Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Honey-Roses J, Lopez-Garcia J, Rendon-Salinas E, Peralta-Higuera A, Galindo-Leal C. To pay or not to pay? Monitoring performance and enforcing conditionality when paying for forest conservation in Mexico. Environmental Conservation. 2009 Jun 1;36(02):120-8.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Zhu HS, Gegear RJ, Casselman A, Kanginakudru S, Reppert SM. 2009. Defining behavioral and molecular differences between summer and migratory monarch butterflies. Bmc Biology 7.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Solensky MJ, Oberhauser KS. 2009. Sperm precedence in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Behavioral Ecology 20: 328-334.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Pelling AE, Wilkinson PR, Stringer R, Gimzewski JK. 2009. Dynamic mechanical oscillations during metamorphosis of the monarch butterfly. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6: 29-37.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Merlin C, Gegear RJ, Reppert SM. 2009. Antennal Circadian Clocks Coordinate Sun Compass Orientation in Migratory Monarch Butterflies. Science 325: 1700-1704.
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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.