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
5 result(s)
Category: Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2016
Inamine H, Ellner SP, Springer JP, Agrawal AA. Linking the continental migratory cycle of the monarch butterfly to understand its population decline. Oikos. 2016 Apr 1.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2012
Davis AK. 2012. Are migratory monarchs really declining in eastern North America? Examining evidence from two fall census programs. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 101-105.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2006
Gibbs D, Walton R, Brower L, Davis AK. 2006. Monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) migration monitoring at Chincoteague, Virginia and Cape May, New Jersey: A comparison of long-term trends. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79: 156-164.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2005
Walton RK, Brower LP, Andrew AK. 2005. Long-term monitoring and fall migration patterns of the monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 682-689.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1996
Walton RK, Brower LP. 1996. Monitoring the fall migration of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus L. (Nymphalidae: Danainae) in eastern North America: 1991- 1994. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50: 1.
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.