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: 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, 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, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1997
Perez SM, Taylor OR, Jander R. 1997. A Sun compass in monarch butterflies. Nature 387: 29-29.
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, 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, 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, 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: 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, 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: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Keiper JB. 1996. Monarch transfer: A real concern? Bioscience 46: 562-562.
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: 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, 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.
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