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: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2008
Holmes B. 2008. How monarchs keep on straight and narrow. New Scientist 197: 9-9.
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: 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.
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, 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, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Vandenbosch R. 2007. What do monarch population time series tell us about eastern and western population mixing? Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 61: 28.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2007
de Roode JC, Gold LR, Altizer S. 2007. Virulence determinants in a natural butterfly-parasite system. Parasitology 134: 657.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Reppert SM. 2007. The ancestral circadian clock of monarch butterflies: role in time-compensated sun compass orientation. Pages 113: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Song SH, Öztürk N, Denaro TR, Arat NÖ, Kao YT, Zhu H, Zhong D, Reppert SM, Sancar A. Formation and function of flavin anion radical in cryptochrome 1 blue-light photoreceptor of monarch butterfly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2007 Jun 15;282(24):17608-12.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Prasifka PL, Hellmich RL, Prasifka JR, Lewis LC. 2007. Effects of Cry1Ab-expressing corn anthers on the movement of monarch butterfly larvae. Environmental Entomology 36: 228-233.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Ramirez MI, Miranda R, Zubieta R, Jimenez M. 2007. Land Cover and Road Network Map for the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, 2003. Journal of Maps: 181-190.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Slayback DA, Brower LP. 2007. Further aerial surveys confirm the extreme localization of overwintering monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico. American Entomologist 53: 146.
Parasitism of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) by Lespesia archippivora (Diptera : Tachinidae)
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Oberhauser K, Gebhard I, Cameron C, Oberhauser S. 2007. Parasitism of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) by Lespesia archippivora (Diptera : Tachinidae). American Midland Naturalist 157: 312-328.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Farfan B, Casas A, Ibarra-Manriquez G, Perez-Negron E. 2007. Mazahua ethnobotany and subsistence in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Economic Botany 61: 173-191.
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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.