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: 2002
Gatehouse AMR, Ferry N, Raemaekers RJM. 2002. The case of the monarch butterfly: a verdict is returned. Trends in Genetics 18: 249-251.
The monarch butterfly controversy: scientific interpretations of a phenomenon (vol 27, pg 483, 2001)
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Shelton AM. 2002. The monarch butterfly controversy: scientific interpretations of a phenomenon (vol 27, pg 483, 2001). Plant Journal 29: 679-679.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Shephard JM, Hughes JM, Zalucki MP. 2002. Genetic differentiation between Australian and North American populations of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae): an exploration using allozyme electrophoresis. Biological Journ
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Vickerman DB, de Boer G. 2002. Maintenance of narrow diet breadth in the monarch butterfly caterpillar: response to various plant species and chemicals. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 104: 255-269.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 2002
York HA, Oberhauser KS. 2002. Effects of duration and timing of heat stress on Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) development. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75: 290-298.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Goehring L, Oberhauser KS. 2002. Effects of photoperiod, temperature, and host plant age on induction of reproductive diapause and development time in Danaus plexippus. Ecological Entomology 27: 674-685
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Davis AK, Garland MS. 2002. An evaluation of three methods of counting migrating monarch butterflies in varying wind conditions. Southeastern Naturalist 1: 55-68.
Category: Commentary or review, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2002
Dingle H, Zalucki MP, and WA Rochester. 2002. Season‐specific directional movement in migratory Australian butterflies. Austral Entomology 38(4):323-329 | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00117.x
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Calvert WH. 2001. Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L, Nymphalidae) fall migration: flight behaviour and direction in relation to celestial and physiographic cues. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55: 162-168.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Shelton AM, Sears MK. 2001. The monarch butterfly controversy: scientific interpretations of a phenomenon. Plant Journal 27: 483-488.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Bartholomew CS, Yeargan KV. 2001. Phenology of milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) growth and monarch (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) reproduction in Kentucky and ovipositional preference between common and honeyvine milkweed. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Societ
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Hellmich RL, Siegfried BD, Sears MK, Stanley-Horn DE, Daniels MJ, Mattila HR, Spencer T, Bidne KG, Lewis LC. 2001. Monarch larvae sensitivity to Bacillus thuringiensis-purified proteins and pollen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 98(21): 11925–11930.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Stanley-Horn DE, Dively GP, Hellmich RL, Mattila HR, Sears MK, Rose R, Jesse LCH, Losey JE, Obrycki JJ, Lewis L. 2001. Assessing the impact of Cry1Ab-expressing corn pollen on monarch butterfly larvae in field studies. Proceedings of the National Academy
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Herman WS, Tatar M. 2001. Juvenile hormone regulation of longevity in the migratory monarch butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 268: 2509-2514.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2001
Minorsky PV. 2001. The monarch butterfly controversy. Plant Physiology 127: 709-710.
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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.