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, 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, 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
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.
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: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1990
Glendinning JI, Brower LP, Montgomery CA. 1990. Responses of three mouse species to deterrent chemicals in the monarch butterfly. I. Taste and toxicity tests using artificial diets laced with digitoxin or monocrotaline. Chemoecology 1: 114.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Oberhauser KS. 1989. Effects of spermatophores on male and female monarch butterfly reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 25: 237-246.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Wells H, Wells PH, Cook P. 1989. The relation of monarch butterfly (Danaus-plexippus) overwinter aggregations to successful reproduction. American Zoologist 29: A28-A28.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Saiff EI, Macbeth N. 1989. Be cautious, Bates - what did the viceroy look like before it began to imitate the monarch. Rivista Di Biologia-Biology Forum 82: 247-252.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Odinokov VN, Kukovinets OS, Sakharova NI, Tolstikov GA. 1989. Ozonolysis of alkenes and study of reactions of polyfunctional compounds. 37. synthesis of acyclic (e,e)-2, 6-diene alpha, omega-bifunctional terpenoid components of sexual pheromone of Danaus-plexippus and Danaus-chrysippus males. Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii 25: 29-33.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Malcolm SB, Brower LP. 1989. Evolutionary and ecological implications of cardenolide sequestration in the monarch butterfly. Experientia 45: 284-295.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Malcolm SB, Cockrell BJ, Brower LP. 1989. Cardenolide fingerprint of monarch butterflies reared on common milkweed, Asclepias-syriaca-L. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15: 819-853.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Carter PA, Hughes JM, Zalucki MP. 1989. Genetic-variation in a continuously breeding population of Danaus-plexippus l - an examination of heterozygosity at 4 loci in relation to activity times. Heredity 63: 191-194.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Lessman CA, Herman WS, Schooley DA, Tsai LW, Bergot BJ, Baker FC. 1989. Detection of juvenile hormone I, II and III in adult monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Insect Biochemistry 19: 431-433.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1989
White DS, Sexton OJ. 1989. The monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) as prey for the dragonfly Hagenius-brevistylus (Odonata, Gomphidae). Entomological News 100: 129-132.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1989
Owen DF, Smith DAS. 1989. Utilization of alien Asclepiadaceae as larval food-plants by Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) on the Atlantic Islands. Entomologist 108: 158.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.