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, 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: 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
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: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Glendinning JI. 1990. Responses of three mouse species to deterrent chemicals in the monarch butterfly. II. Taste tests using intact monarchs. Chemoecology 1: 124.
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, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Stimson J, Berman M. 1990. Predator induced color polymorphism in Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in Hawaii. Heredity 65: 401-406.
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, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Wells H. 1990. The importance of overwinter aggregation for reproductive success of monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus L). Journal of Theoretical Biology 147: 115-131.
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: 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.
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: 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
Zalucki MP, Brower LP, Malcolm SB. 1990. Oviposition by Danaus-plexippus in relation to cardenolide content of 3 Asclepias species in the southeastern usa. Ecological Entomology 15: 231-240.
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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.