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, 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
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
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, 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, 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, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Gibo DL. 1981. Altitudes attained by migrating monarch butterflies, Danaus-p-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae), as reported by glider pilots. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 59: 571-572.
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, 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, 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.
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
Dores RM, Herman WS. 1981. Effect of age, ambient-temperature, and exposure to hormone on the post-eclosion diuretic response of the monarch butterfly. Experientia 37: 529-530.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Fink LS, Brower LP. 1981. Birds can overcome the cardenolide defense of monarch butterflies in Mexico. Nature 291: 67-70.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Herman WS, Lessman CA, Johnson GD. 1981. Correlation of juvenile hormone titer changes with reproductive tract development in the posteclosion monarch butterfly. Journal of Experimental Zoology 218: 387-395.
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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.