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, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1992
Frey D, Leong KLH, Fredericks D, Raskowitz S. 1992. Clustering patterns of monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) at 2 California central coast overwintering sites. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85: 148-153.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 1992
Bolsinger M, Lier ME, Hughes PR. 1992. Influence of ozone air-pollution on plant-herbivore interactions .2. Effects of ozone on feeding preference, growth and consumptions rates of monarch butterflies (Danaus-Plexippus). Environmental Pollution 77: 31-37.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Brower AVZ, Boyce TM. 1991. Mitochondrial-DNA variation in monarch butterflies. Evolution 45: 1281-1286.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Leong KLH, Frey D, Brenner G, Baker S, Fox D. 1991. Use of multivariate analyses to characterize the monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) winter habitat. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84: 263-267.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Weiss SB, Rich PM, Murphy DD, Calvert WH, Ehrlich PR. 1991. Forest canopy structure at overwintering monarch butterfly sites - measurements with hemispherical photography. Conservation Biology 5: 165-175.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Brower LP, Malcolm SB. 1991. Animal Migrations: Endangered Phenomena. American Zoologist 31: 265.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Van Hook T, Zalucki MP. 1991. Oviposition by Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae: Danainae) on Asclepias viridis in northern Florida. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45: 215.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1991
Ritland DB, Brower LP. 1991. The viceroy butterfly is not a batesian mimic. Nature 350: 497.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Stelljes ME, Seiber JN. 1990. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in an overwintering population of monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) in California. Journal of Chemical Ecology 16: 1459-1470.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Oyeyele SO, Zalucki MP. 1990. Cardiac-glycosides and oviposition by danaus-plexippus on asclepias-fruticosa in south-east Queensland (Australia), with notes on the effect of plant nitrogen-content. Ecological Entomology 15: 177-185.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Leong KLH. 1990. Microenvironmental factors associated with the winter habitat of the monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) in central California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 83: 906-910.
Category: Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Malcolm SB. Chemical defense in chewing and sucking insect herbivores: plant-derived cardenolides in the monarch butterfly and oleander aphid. Chemoecology. 1990 Mar 1;1(1):12-21.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Leong K, Frey D, Nagano C. 1990. Wasp predation on overwintering monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) in central California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 66: 326-328.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Groeneveld HW, Steijl H, Vandenberg B, Elings JC. 1990. Rapid, quantitative HPLC analysis of Asclepias-fruticosa L and Danaus-plexippus L cardenolides. Journal of Chemical Ecology 16: 3373-3382.
Category: Supporting research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Glendinning JI, Brower LP. 1990. Feeding and breeding responses of 5 mice species to overwintering aggregations of the monarch butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 59: 1091-1112.
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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.