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: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Oberhauser KS, Rivers ERL. 2003. Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae and Bt maize pollen: a review of ecological risk assessment for a non-target species. AgBiotechNet 5: 1.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Toone W, Hanscom T. 2003. Conservation of Monarch Butterflies in Central Mexico: Protection of a biological phenomenon. Biodiversity 4:14-20.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Levine E, Byron-Cooper O, Desch-O'Donnell M, Metzinger C. 2003. Interindividual variation in mitochondrial enzyme activity in male Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L.(Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 284.
Survival of monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae), larvae on milkweed near Bt cornfields
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Koch RL, Hutchison WD, Venette RC. 2003. Survival of monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae), larvae on milkweed near Bt cornfields. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 92.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Ramirez MI, Azcarate JG, Luna L. 2003. Effects of human activities on monarch butterfly habitat in protected mountain forests, Mexico. Forestry Chronicle 79: 242-246.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Solensky MJ, Larkin E. 2003. Temperature-induced variation in larval coloration in Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96: 211-216.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Oberhauser K, Peterson AT. 2003. Modeling current and future potential wintering distributions of eastern North American monarch butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 14063-14068.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Wolt JD, Peterson RKD, Bystrak P, Meade T. 2003. A screening level approach for nontarget insect risk assessment: Transgenic Bt corn pollen and the monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera : Danaidae). Environmental Entomology 32: 237-246.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Mattila HR, Otis GW. 2003. A comparison of the host preference of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) for milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) over dog-strangler vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum). Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 107: 193-199.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Koch RL, Hutchison WD, Venette RC, Heimpel GE. 2003. Susceptibility of immature monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae : Danainae), to predation by Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae). Biological Control 28: 265-270.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Froy O, Gotter AL, Casselman AL, Reppert SM. 2003. Illuminating the circadian clock in monarch butterfly migration. Science 300: 1303-1305.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Bojorquez-Tapia LA, et al. 2003. Mapping expert knowledge: Redesigning the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Conservation Biology 17: 367-379.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Mouritsen H, Frost BJ. 2002. Virtual migration in tethered flying monarch butterflies reveals their orientation mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99: 10162.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Brower LP, Castilleja G, Peralta A, Lopez-Garcia J, Bojorquez-Tapia L, Diaz S, Melgarejo D, Missrie M. 2002. Quantitative changes in forest quality in a principal overwintering area of the monarch butterfly in Mexico, 1971-1999. Conservation Biology 16: 3
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Garland MS, Davis AK. 2002. An examination of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) autumn migration in coastal Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 147: 170-174.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.