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)
Prolonged mating in the monarch butterfly Danaus-plexippus and nightfall as a cue for sperm transfer
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Svard L, Wiklund C. 1988. Prolonged mating in the monarch butterfly Danaus-plexippus and nightfall as a cue for sperm transfer. Oikos 51: 351-354.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Svard L, Wiklund C. 1988. Fecundity, egg weight and longevity in relation to multiple matings in females of the monarch butterfly. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23: 39-43.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Oberhauser KS. 1988. Male monarch butterfly spermatophore mass and mating strategies. Animal Behaviour 36: 1384-1388.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Oberhauser KS. 1988. Costs and benefits accrued by male monarch butterflies in spermatophore production. American Zoologist 28: A153-A153.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Masters AR, Malcolm SB, Brower LP. 1988. Monarch butterfly (Danaus-plexippus) thermoregulatory behavior and adaptations for overwintering in mexico. Ecology 69: 458-467.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Martin RA, Lynch SP. 1988. Cardenolide content and thin-layer chromatography profiles of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus L, (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) and their larval host-plant milkweed, Asclepias-asperula subsp capricornu (Woods) Woods (Apocynales,
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Glendinning JI, Mejia AA, Brower LP. 1988. Behavioral and ecological interactions of foraging mice (Peromyscus-melanotis) with overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) in Mexico. Oecologia 75: 222-227.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Herman WS. 1988. Body weight and wing length changes in Minnesota populations of the monarch butterfly. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 42: 32.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1988
James DG 1988. Migration and behaviour of non-reproductive Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 15: 25-30.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Brower LP. 1988. Avian predation on the monarch butterfly and its implications for mimicry theory. American Naturalist: S4.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Singh P, Clare GK. 1988. A note on rearing of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L.) on an artificial diet. New Zealand Entomologist 11: 73.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1988
Cheung HTA, Nelson CJ, Watson TR. 1988. New glucoside conjugates and other cardenolide glycosides from the monarch butterfly reared on Asclepias-fruticosa L. Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1: 1851-1857.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Zalucki MP, Suzuki Y. 1987. Milkweed patch quality, adult population structure, and egg laying in the monarch butterfly. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 41: 13.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Kelley RB, Seiber JN, Jones AD, Segall HJ, Brower LP. 1987. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) from Mexico. Experientia 43: 943-946.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Zalucki MP, Hughes JM, Carter PA. 1987. Genetic-variation in Danaus-plexippus l - habitat selection or differences in activity times. Heredity 59: 213-221.
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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.