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: Migration, Population dynamics, Habitat
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1999
Brower LP. 1999. Biological necessities for monarch butterfly overwintering in relation to the Oyamel forest ecosystem in Mexico. Pages 11-28 in Hoth J, Merino L, Oberhauser K, Pisantry I, Price S and Wilkinson T, eds. 1997 North American Conference on the Monarch Butterfly. Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Canada.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1999
Barkin D. 1999. Dos milagros: monarcas y campesinos. Pages 205-210 in Hoth J, Merino L, Oberhauser K, Pisanty I, Price S, Wilkinson T, eds. 1997 North American Conference on the Monarch Butterfly. Canada: Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Zalucki MP, Malcolm SB. 1999. Plant latex and first-instar monarch larval growth and survival on three North American milkweed species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25: 1827-1842.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Vickerman D, Michels A, Burrowes PA. 1999. Levels of infection of migrating monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) by the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (Neogregarinida : Ophryocystidae), and evidence of a new mode of spor
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Perez SM, Taylor OR, Jander R. 1999. The effect of a strong magnetic field on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migratory behavior. Naturwissenschaften 86: 140-143.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Park YI, Wood HH, Lee YC. 1999. Monosaccharide compositions of Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly) and Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper) egg glycoproteins. Glycoconjugate Journal 16: 629-638.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Losey JE, Rayor LS, Carter ME. 1999. Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae. Nature 399: 214-214.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Knight A, Brower LP, Williams EH. 1999. Spring remigration of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) in north-central Florida: estimating population parameters using mark-recapture. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 68
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Calvert WH. 1999. Patterns in the spatial and temporal use of Texas milkweeds (Asclepiadaceae) by the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) during fall, 1996. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53: 37.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Frey D, Leong KLH, Peffer E, Smidt RK, Oberhauser K. 1998. Mate pairing patterns of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) at a California overwintering site. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52: 84-97.
Category: Migration, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Ross, G. N. 1998. Monarchs Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 52-52.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Haribal M, Renwick JAA. 1998. Identification and distribution of oviposition stimulants for monarch butterflies in hosts and nonhosts. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 891-904.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA. 1998. Natal origins of migratory monarch butterflies at wintering colonies in Mexico: New isotopic evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95: 15436-15439.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Alonso-Mejia A, Montesinos-Patino E, Rendon-Salinas E, Brower LP, Oyama K. 1998. Influence of forest canopy closure on rates of bird predation on overwintering Monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus L. Biological Conservation 85: 151-159.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Baur R, Haribal M, Renwick JAA, Stadler E. 1998. Contact chemoreception related to host selection and oviposition behaviour in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Physiological Entomology 23: 7-19.
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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.