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, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Davis AK, Howard E. 2005. Spring recolonization rate of monarch butterflies in eastern North America: new estimates from citizen-science data. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 59: 1.
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: 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, 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, 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.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Brower LP, Fink LS, Ramirez LR, Weiss SB, Slayback D, Perault DR. 2005. The physiological ecology of overwintering monarch butterflies. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 970-970.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Davis AK, Farrey BD, Altizer S. 2005. Variation in thermally induced melanism in monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) from three North American populations. Journal of Thermal Biology 30: 410-421.
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: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2004
Oberhauser KS. 2004. Overview of Monarch Breeding Biology. Pages 3-7 in Oberhauser KS, Solensky MJ, eds. The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Category: Techniques
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2004
Calvert WH. 2004. Two Methods Estimating Overwintering Monarch Population Size in Mexico. Pages 121-128 in Oberhauser KS, Solensky MJ, eds. The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
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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.