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: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Labhart T, Baumann F, Bernard GD. 2009. Specialized ommatidia of the polarization-sensitive dorsal rim area in the eye of monarch butterflies have non-functional reflecting tapeta. Cell and Tissue Research 338: 391-400.
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, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Lindsey E, Altizer S. 2009. Sex differences in immune defenses and response to parasitism in monarch butterflies. Evolutionary Ecology 23: 607-620.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2009
McIntosh AH, Grasela JJ. 2009. Establishment of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus, Lepidoptera: Danaidae) cell line and its susceptibility to insect viruses. Applied Entomology and Zoology 44: 331-336.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Haeger JF, Barbudo DJ. 2009. The Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Strait of Gibraltar (Lepidoptera: Danaidae). Shilap-Revista De Lepidopterologia 37: 421-438.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2008
de Roode JC, Yates AJ, Altizer S. 2008. Virulence-transmission trade-offs and population divergence in virulence in a naturally occurring butterfly parasite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 7489.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Hernandez MEO, Penuelas AG, Vargas EC, Torres DV, Jaramillo J. 2008. Rural survival and conservation of the nature: sanctuary of the Bald Hill (Reserve of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere), the Capulin, Mexico. Cuadernos De Desarrollo Rural 5: 131-168.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Brindza LJ, Brower LP, Davis AK, Van Hook T. 2008. Comparative success of monarch butterfly migration to overwintering sites in Mexico from inland and coastal sites in Virginia. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 62: 189-200.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Brower LP, Williams EH, Fink LS, Zubieta RR, Ramirez MI. 2008. Monarch butterfly clusters provide microclimatic advantages during the overwintering season in Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 62: 177-188.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2008
de Roode JC, Pedersen AB, Hunter MD, Altizer S. 2008. Host plant species affects virulence in monarch butterfly parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 120-126.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Delaney KJ. 2008. Injured and uninjured leaf photosynthetic responses after mechanical injury on Nerium oleander leaves, and Danaus plexippus herbivory on Asclepias curassavica leaves. Plant Ecology 199: 187-200.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Holmes B. 2008. How monarchs keep on straight and narrow. New Scientist 197: 9-9.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Leong KHL, Yoshimura MA, Piner A. 2008. Reliability of abdominal palpation in determining the mated status of overwintering monarch butterfly (Nymphalidae: Danainae) females in California. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 62: 161-165.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Zhu HS, Casselman A, Reppert SM. 2008. Chasing Migration Genes: A Brain Expressed Sequence Tag Resource for Summer and Migratory Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Plos One 3.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Zhu HS, Sauman I, Yuan Q, Casselman A, Emery-Le M, Emery P, Reppert SM. 2008. Cryptochromes define a novel circadian clock mechanism in monarch butterflies that may underlie sun compass navigation. Plos Biology 6: 138-155.
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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.