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: 1981
Herman WS. 1981. Studies on the adult reproductive diapause of the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus. Biological Bulletin 160: 89-106.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Rawlins JE, Lederhouse RC. 1981. Developmental influences of thermal-behavior on monarch caterpillars (Danaus-plexippus) - an adaptation for migration (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54: 387-408.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Clarke CA, Rothschild M. 1980. A new mutant of Danaus plexippus ssp. erippus (Cramer). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 34: 224.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Urquhart FA, Urquhart NR. 1980. Migration studies of the monarch butterfly in North America. Research reports-National Geographic Society.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Wise KAJ. 1980. Monarch butterfly dispersal in New Zealand. Rec. Auckland Inst. Muse 17: 157.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Toft S. 1980. First Danish record of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus Linne)(Lepidoptera: Danaidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 47: 115.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Seiber JN, Tuskes PM, Brower LP, Nelson CJ. 1980. Pharmacodynamics of some individual milkweed cardenolides fed to larvae of the monarch butterfly (Danaus-plexippus L). Journal of Chemical Ecology 6: 321-339.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Pan ML. 1980. Ecdysterone and vitellogenin synthesis in the monarch butterfly. American Zoologist 20: 902-902.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1980
Marian MP, Pandian TJ. 1980. Effects of feeding senescent leaf of Calotropis-gigantea on food utilization in the monarch butterfly Danaus-chrysippus. Entomon 5: 257-264.
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, 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, 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, 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.
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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.