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, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2009
de Roode JC, Chi J, Rarick RM, Altizer S. 2009. Strength in numbers: high parasite burdens increase transmission of a protozoan parasite of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Oecologia 161: 67-75.
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: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Honey-Roses J. 2009. Disentangling the proximate factors of deforestation: the case of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Land Degradation & Development 20: 22-32.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Howard E, Davis AK. 2009. The fall migration flyways of monarch butterflies in eastern North America revealed by citizen scientists. Journal of Insect Conservation 13: 279-286.
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: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Knight A, Brower LP. 2009. The Influence of Eastern North American Autumnal Migrant Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) on Continuously Breeding Resident Monarch Populations in Southern Florida. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 816-823.
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, 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, 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.
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: Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2009
Kyriacou CP. Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations. Journal of Biology. 2009;8(6):55.
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, 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: 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.
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