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: 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.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Smith DA, Owen DF, Gordon IJ, Owiny AM. Polymorphism and evolution in the butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Danainae). Heredity. 1993 Sep 1;71(3):242-51.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Joy CFG. 1993. Monarch Conservation in Mexico: The Challenge of Membership and Fund-raising for Monaraca, A.C. Pages 379-382 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, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Alonso-Mejia A, Glendinning JI, Brower LP. 1993. The Influence of Temperature on Crawling, Shivering, and Flying in Overwintering Monarch Butterflies in Mexico. Pages 309-314 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: Article
Year: 1993
Zalucki MP, Hughes JM, Arthur JM, Carter PA. 1993. Seasonal-variation at 4 loci in a continuously breeding population of Danaus-plexippus L. Heredity 70: 205-213.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Leong KLH, Frey D, Hamaoka D, Honma K. 1993. Wing damage in overwintering populations of monarch butterfly at 2 California sites. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86: 728-733.
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: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Gibo DL, McCurdy JA. 1993. Lipid-accumulation by migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 71: 76-82.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Frey DF, Leong KLH. 1993. Can microhabitat selection or differences in catchability explain male-biased sex-ratios in overwintering populations of monarch butterflies. Animal Behaviour 45: 1025-1027.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Riley TJ. 1993. Spring Migration and Oviposition of the Monarch Butterfly in Louisiana. Pages 269-274 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, Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Malcolm SB, Cockrell BJ, Brower LP. 1993. Spring Recolonization of Eastern North America by the Monarch Butterfly: Successive Brood or Single Sweep Migration? Pages 253-268 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1993
Gibo DL, McCurdy JA. 1993. Evidence for use of water ballast by monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Ritland DB. 1993. A Reassessment of the Mimicry Relationship among Viceroys, Queens, and Monarchs in Florida. Pages 129-139 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, Resource use
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Borkin SS and S Sullivan. 1993. Rejection of Apocynum androsaemifolium and A. sibiricum (Apocynaceae) as Food Plants by Larvae of Danaus plexippus: Refutation of Early Accounts. Pages 125-128 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, Resource use
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Lynch SP, Martin RA. 1993. Milkweed Host Plant Utilization and Cardenolide Sequestration by Monarch Butterflies in Louisiana and Texas. Pages 107-124 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.