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, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Batalden RV, Oberhauser K, Peterson AT. 2007. Ecological niches in sequential generations of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera : Danaidae): The ecology of migration and likely climate change implications. Environmental Entomology 36:
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2007
Dockx C. 2007. Directional and stabilizing selection on wing size and shape in migrant and resident monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.), in Cuba. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 605-616.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Koch RL, Venette RC, Hutchison WD. 2006. Predicted impact of an exotic generalist predator on monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) populations: A quantitative risk assessment. Biological Invasions 8: 1179-1193.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Stalleicken J, Mouritsen H, Frost B, Mukhida M. 2006b. Compass orientation and spatiotemporal orientation strategies in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 143: S75-S75.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Stalleicken J, Labhart T, Mouritsen H. 2006a. Physiological characterization of the compound eye in monarch butterflies with focus on the dorsal rim area. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 192: 321-
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Larue A, Naber S, Talnagi J. 2006. Geomagnetic navigation in monarchs and black swallowtails. Ohio Journal of Science 106: 117-121.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Gil F. 2006. A new hostplant for Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Europe. A study of cryptic preimaginal polymorphism within Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) in southern Spain (Andalusia)(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Atalanta 37.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Brower LP, Fink LS, Walford P. 2006. Fueling the fall migration of the Monarch butterfly. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 1123-1142.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Gibbs D, Walton R, Brower L, Davis AK. 2006. Monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) migration monitoring at Chincoteague, Virginia and Cape May, New Jersey: A comparison of long-term trends. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79: 156-164.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Rudolph DC, Ely CA, Schaefer RR, Williamson JH, Thill RE. 2006. Monarch (Danaus plexippus L. Nymphalidae) migration, nectar resources and fire regimes in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Oberhauser KS, Brinda SJ, Weaver S, Moon RD, Manweiler SA, Read N. 2006. Growth and survival of monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera : Danaidae) after exposure to permethrin barrier treatments. Environmental Entomology 35: 1626-1634.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Koenig WD. 2006. Spatial synchrony of monarch butterflies. American Midland Naturalist 155: 39-49.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Dingle H, Zalucki MP, Rochester WA, Armijo-Prewitt T. 2005. Distribution of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae), in western North America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 491-500.
Category: Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Sauman I, Briscoe AD, Zhu H, Shi D, Froy O, Stalleicken J, Yuan Q, Casselman A, Reppert SM. Connecting the navigational clock to sun compass input in monarch butterfly brain. Neuron. 2005 May 5;46(3):457-67.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Sears, MK. 2005. Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations. Pages 48-62 in Clark JM, Ohkawa H, eds. New Discoveries in Agrochemicals, vol. 892.
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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.