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
996 result(s)
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, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2003
DiTommaso A, Losey JE. 2003. Oviposition preference and larval performance of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) on two invasive swallow-wort species. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 108: 205-209.
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: 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, 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: 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, 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
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, 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: 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: 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.
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.
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: 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, 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.
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