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: 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, 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, 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: 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: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Drury KLS, Dwyer G. 2005. Combining stochastic models with experiments to understand the dynamics of monarch butterfly colonization. American Naturalist 166: 731-750.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Helmus MR, Dussourd DE. 2005. Glues or poisons: which triggers vein cutting by monarch caterpillars? Chemoecology 15: 45-49.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Anderson PL, Hellmich RL, Prasifka JR, Lewis LC. 2005. Effects on fitness and behavior of monarch butterfly larvae exposed to a combination of Cry1Ab-expressing corn anthers and pollen. Environmental Entomology 34: 944-952.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Yeargan KV, Allard CM. 2005. Comparison of common milkweed and honeyvine milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) as host plants for monarch larvae (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78: 247-251.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Walton RK, Brower LP, Andrew AK. 2005. Long-term monitoring and fall migration patterns of the monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 682-689.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Stalleicken J, Mukhida M, Labhart T, Wehner R, Frost B, Mouritsen H. 2005. Do monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for migratory orientation? Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 2399-2408.
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.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Mattila HR, Sears MK, Duan JJ. 2005. Response of Danaus plexippus to pollen of two new Bt corn events via laboratory bioassay. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 116: 31-41.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Ladner DT, Altizer S. 2005. Oviposition preference and larval performance of North American monarch butterflies on four Asclepias species. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 116: 9-20.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Koch RL, Venette RC, Hutchison WD. 2005. Influence of alternate prey on predation of monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) larvae by the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae). Environmental Entomology 34: 410-416.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Bradley CA, Altizer S. 2005. Parasites hinder monarch butterfly flight: implications for disease spread in migratory hosts. Ecology Letters 8: 290-300.
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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.