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: 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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: 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, 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: 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, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Solensky MJ, Oberhauser KS. 2009. Male monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, adjust ejaculates in response to intensity of sperm competition. Animal Behaviour 77: 465-472.
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, 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, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Brower LP, Williams EH, Slayback DA, Fink LS, Ramirez MI, Zubieta RR, Garcia MIL, Gier P, Lear JA, Van Hook T. 2009. Oyamel fir forest trunks provide thermal advantages for overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2:
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