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, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Oberhauser, KS. 1997. Fecundity, lifespan and egg mass in butterflies: effects of male-derived nutrients and female size. Functional Ecology 11: 166-175
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Brower LP. et al. 1996. Monarch transfer: A real concern? Reply. Bioscience 46: 563-564.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Calvert WH. 1996. Fire ant predation on monarch larvae (Nymphalidae: Danainae) in a central Texas prairie. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50: 149-151.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Troyer HL, Burks CS, Lee Jr RE. 1996. Phenology of cold hardiness in reproductive and migrant monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in southwest Ohio. Journal of insect physiology 42: 633.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Oberhauser KS, Cansler D, Feitl A. 1996. Genetics of a" Zebra" Pigment Mutation in the Larvae of Danus Plexippus L (Nymphalidae: Danainae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 50: 237-244.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Walton RK, Brower LP. 1996. Monitoring the fall migration of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus L. (Nymphalidae: Danainae) in eastern North America: 1991- 1994. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50: 1.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP. 1996. Milkweed latex and cardenolide induction may resolve the lethal plant defence paradox. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80: 193.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Anderson JB, Brower LP. 1996. Freeze-protection of overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico: Critical role of the forest as a blanket and an umbrella. Ecological Entomology 21: 107-116.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Brower LP. 1996. Monarch butterfly orientation: Missing pieces of a magnificent puzzle. Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 93-103.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Haribal M, Renwick JAA. 1996. Oviposition stimulants for the monarch butterfly: Flavonol glycosides from Asclepias curassavica. Phytochemistry 41: 139-144.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Holzinger F, Wink M. 1996. Mediation of cardiac glycoside insensitivity in the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): Role of an amino acid substitution in the ouabain binding site of Na+,K+-ATPase. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22: 1921-1937.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Keiper JB. 1996. Monarch transfer: A real concern? Bioscience 46: 562-562.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Nylin S, Wickman PO, Wiklund C. 1995. An adaptive explanation for male-biased sex-ratios in overwintering monarch butterflies. Animal Behaviour 49: 511-514.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Oberhauser KS, Hampton R. 1995. The relationship between mating and oogenesis in monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danainae). Journal of Insect Behavior 8: 701-713.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Leong KLH, Obrien E, Lowerisen K, Colleran M. 1995. Mating activity and status of overwintering monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) in central California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 45-50.
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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.