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: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Sakai WH. 1994. Avian predation on the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus(Nymphalidae: Danainae), at a California overwintering site. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 48: 148.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Calvert WH. 1994. Behavioral response of monarch butterflies (Nymphalidae) to disturbances in their habitat: a group startle response? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48: 157.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Malcolm SB. 1994. Milkweeds, monarch butterflies and the ecological significance of cardenolides. Chemoecology 5-6: 101.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Alonso-Mejia A, Brower LP. 1994. From model to mimic - age-dependent unpalatability in monarch butterflies. Experientia 50: 176-181.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Larsen KJ, Lee RE. 1994. Cold tolerance including rapid cold-hardening and inoculative freezing of fall migrant monarch butterflies in Ohio. Journal of Insect Physiology 40: 859-864.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Sunde, R. 1994. Alternative food plants for monarch butterfly caterpillars. The Weta Vol 1: 5-6
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Hughes JM, Zalucki MP. 1993. The relationship between the PGI locus and the ability to fly at low-temperatures in the monarch butterfly Danaus-plexippus. Biochemical Genetics 31: 521-532.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Schneider D. 1993. Danaine Butterflies: A Didactic Story about Chemical Ecology. Pages 19-28 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Boppre M. 1993. The American Monarch: Courtship and Chemical Communication of a Peculiar Danaine Butterfly. Pages 29-41 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Kittmann R, Schneider D. 1993. Pheromone-Sensitive Receptor Neurons in Danaus gilippus. Pages 43-45 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Van Hook T. 1993. Non-random Mating in Monarch Butterflies Overwintering in Mexico. Pages 49-60 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Resource use, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Endo, S. 1993. Monarch Migration. Science World Magazine 50(2)
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Wells H, Wells PH, Rogers SH. 1993. Is Multiple Mating an Adaptive Feature of Monarch Butterfly Winter Aggregation? Pages 61-68 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Zalucki MP. 1993. Sex around the Milkweed Patch. Pages 69-76 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Ackery PR. 1993. Host Plant Exploitation by Aposematic Nymphalid Butterflies: Pre-adaptation versus Stepwise Sequestration. Pages 79-82 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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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.