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, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Urquhart FA, Urquhart NR. 1979. Breeding areas and overnight roosting locations in the northern range of the monarch butterfly (Danaus-plexippus-plexippus) with a summary of associated migratory routes. Canadian Field-Naturalist 93: 41-47.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Urquhart FA, Urquhart NR. 1979. Aberrant autumnal migration of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly, Danaus p plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) as it relates to the occurrence of strong westerly winds. Canadian Entomologist 111: 1281-1286.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Schmidt-Koenig K. 1979. Directions of migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus, Danaidae, Lepidoptera) in some parts of the eastern-United-States. Behavioural Processes 4: 73-78.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Pan ML. 1979. Juvenile-hormone, ecdysterone and vitellogenin production in the monarch butterfly. American Zoologist 19: 916-916.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1979
James DG 1979. Observations on two overwintering clusters of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Sydney area during 1978. Australian Entomological Magazine 5: 81-85.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Lessman CA. 1979. Enhancement of juvenile-hormone (JH) degradation by flight and heat in adult monarchs. American Zoologist 19: 915-915.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Calvert WH, Hedrick LE, Brower LP. 1979. Mortality of the monarch butterfly (Danaus-plexippus L) - avian predation at 5 overwintering sites in Mexico. Science 204: 847-851.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Dores RM, Dallmann SH, Herman WS. 1979. Regulation of post-eclosion and post-feeding diuresis in the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus. Journal of Insect Physiology 25: 895-901.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Gibo DL, Pallett MJ. 1979. Soaring flight of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae), during the late summer migration in southern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 57: 1393-1401.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1979
Jeffords MR, Sternburg JG, Waldbauer GP. 1979. Batesian mimicry - field demonstration of the survival value of pipevine swallowtail and monarch color patterns. Evolution 33: 275-286.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1978
Rothschild M, Gardiner B, Mummery R. 1978. The role of carotenoids in the "golden glance" of danaid pupae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Journal of Zoology 186: 351-358.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1978
Dallmann SH, Herman WS. 1978. Hormonal regulation of hemolymph lipid concentration in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus. General and comparative Endocrinology 36: 142.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1978
Urquhart FA, Urquhart NR. 1978. Autumnal migration routes of the eastern population of monarch butterfly (Danaus-p-plexippus L-Danaidae-Lepidoptera) in North-America to overwintering site in neovolcanic plateau of Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 56(8): 1759-1764.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1978
Tuskes PM, Brower LP. 1978. Overwintering ecology of monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus L, in California. Ecological Entomology 3: 141-153.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1978
Rothschild M, Edgar JA. 1978. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from senecio-vulgaris sequestered and stored by Danaus-plexippus. Journal of Zoology 186: 347-349.
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