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: 1999
Hobson KA, Wassenaar LI, Taylor OR. 1999. Stable isotopes (delta D and delta C-13) are geographic indicators of natal origins of monarch butterflies in eastern North America. Oecologia 120: 397-404.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1999
Price S. 1999. Introduction. Pages 345-346 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, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1999
Etheredge JA, Perez SM, Taylor OR, Jander R. 1999. Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) use a magnetic compass for navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 96, 13845–13846.
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: 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, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1998
Haribal M, Renwick, JAA. 1998. Differential postalightment oviposition behavior of monarch butterflies on Asclepias species. Journal of Insect Behavior 11: 507-538.
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, 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.
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: 1997
Garcia ER, Zamora MEE. 1997. New records of plant species used by adult monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus L (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) during migration in Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 129: 375-376.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Leong KLH, Yoshimura MA, Kaya HK. 1997. Occurrence of a neogregarine protozoan, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha McLaughlin and Myers, in populations of monarch and queen butterflies. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 73: 49-51.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Rothschild M, Bergstrom G. 1997. The monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) waves at passing Hymenoptera and jet aircraft - Are repellent volatiles released simultaneously? Phytochemistry 45: 1139-1144.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Alonso-Mejia A, RendonSalinas E, MontesinosPatino E, Brower LP. 1997. Use of lipid reserves by monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: Implications for conservation. Ecological Applications 7: 934-947.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Leong KLH, Yoshimura MA, Kaya HK, Williams H. 1997. Instar susceptibility of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the neogregarine parasite, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 69: 79-83.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Perez SM, Taylor OR, Jander R. 1997. A Sun compass in monarch butterflies. Nature 387: 29-29.
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