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, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Fink LS, Brower LP, Waide RB, Spitzer PR. 1983. Overwintering monarch butterflies as food for insectivorous birds in Mexico. Biotropica 15: 151-153.
Seasonal-variation in hemolymph juvenile-hormone of adult monarchs (Danaus-p-plexippus, Lepidoptera)
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Lessman CA, Herman WS. 1983. Seasonal-variation in hemolymph juvenile-hormone of adult monarchs (Danaus-p-plexippus, Lepidoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 61: 88-94.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Zalucki MP. 1983. Simulation of movement and egglaying in danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Researches on Population Ecology 25: 353-365.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Glass HW, Pan ML. 1983. Laboratory rearing of monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaiidae), using an artificial diet. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 475-476.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Nystroem JE, Baeckvall JE. 1983. Synthesis of the major pheromonal component of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) via palladium-catalyzed 1,4-functionalization of isoprene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 48: 3947.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1983
James DG. 1983. Induction of Reproductive Dormancy in Australian Monarch Butterflies Danaus plexippus (L.). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 491.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1983
James DG, Hales DF. 1983. Sensitivity to juvenile hormone is not reduced in clustering monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, in Australia. Physiological Entomology 8:273-276.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. The analysis and description of movement in adult Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danainae). Behaviour 80: 174-198.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
James DG. 1982. Ovarian dormancy in Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-oligopause not diapause. Australian Journal of Entomology 21: 31-35.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Cohen JA, Brower LP. 1982. Oviposition and larval success of wild monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaide) in relation to host plant size and cardenolide concentration. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 343-348.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Calvert WH, Zuchowski W, Brower LP. 1982. The impact of forest thinning on microclimate in monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) overwintering areas of Mexico. Bol. Soc. Bot. Mex 42: 11.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Young AM. 1982. An evolutionary-ecological model of the evolution of migratory behavior in the Monarch Butterfly, and its absence in the Queen Butterfly. Acta Biotheoretica 31: 219.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1982
James DG 1982. A transient non-breeding population of Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) near Picton, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 8: 96-99.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Borkin SS. 1982. Notes on shifting distribution patterns and survival of immature Danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) on the food plant Asclepias-syriaca. Great Lakes Entomologist 15: 199-206.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. Temporal and spatial variation of mortality in field populations of Danaus-plexippus L and Danaus-chrysippus L larvae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Oecologia 53: 201-207.
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