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, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. Dynamics of oviposition in Danaus-plexippus (Insecta, Lepidoptera) on milkweed, Asclepias spp. Journal of Zoology 198: 103-116.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP. 1982. Temperature and rate of development in Danaus-plexippus L and D. chrysippus L (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 241-246.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Brower LP, Seiber JN, Nelson CJ, Lynch SP, Tuskes PM. 1982. Plant-determined variation in the cardenolide content, thin-layer chromatography profiles, and emetic potency of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus Lepidoptera, Danaidae reared on the milkweed
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Chaplin SB, Wells PH. 1982. Energy reserves and metabolic expenditures of monarch butterflies overwintering in southern-California. Ecological Entomology 7: 249-256.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Herman WS. 1982. Endocrine regulation of the bursa copulatrix and receptacle gland of Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Experientia 38: 631-632.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Jones DS, Macfadden BJ. 1982. Induced magnetization in the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Journal of Experimental Biology 96: 1-9.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Lessman CA, Rollins L, Herman WS. 1982. Effects of juvenile hormones I, II, and III on reproductive tract growth in male and female monarch butterflies. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology 71: 141-144.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Marty MA, Gee SJ, Krieger RI. 1982. Mono-oxygenase activities of fat-body and gut homogenates of monarch butterfly larvae, Danaus-plexippus,fed 4 cardenolide-containing milkweeds, Asclepias spp. Journal of Chemical Ecology 8: 797-805.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Shapiro AM. 1981. A recondite breeding site for the monarch (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae) in the Montane Sierra Nevada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 20:50-51.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1981
James DG 1981. Studies on a winter breeding population of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Spencer, New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology 13: 47-53.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Calvert WH, Brower LP. 1981. The importance of forest cover for the survival of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 35: 216-225.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Lessman CA, Herman WS. 1981. Flight enhances juvenile-hormone inactivation in Danaus-plexippus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Experientia 37: 599-601.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Zalucki MP. 1981. The effects of age and weather on egg-laying in danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae).Researches on Population Ecology 23: 318-327.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Wells PH, Chaplin SB. 1981. Energy reserves and metabolic expenditures of overwintering monarch butterflies. American Zoologist 21: 918-918.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Turunen S, Chippendale GM. 1981. Lipid transport in the migrating monarch butterfly, Danaus-p-plexippus. Experientia 37: 266-268.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.