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, 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, 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, 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
James DG. 1982. Ovarian dormancy in Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-oligopause not diapause. Australian Journal of Entomology 21: 31-35.
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, 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, 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.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.
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