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, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Davis AK. 2014. Intraspecific variation in wing colour is related to larval energy reserves in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Physiological Entomology
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Mueller EK, Baum KA. 2014. Monarch-parasite interactions in managed and roadside prairies. Journal of Insect Conservation 18: 847-853.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Choisy M, de Roode JC. 2014. The ecology and evolution of animal midication: genetically fixed response versus phenotypic plasticity. The American Naturalist 184:S31-S46.
Category: Supporting research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Yu Q, Tijssen P. 2014. Iteradensovirus from the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus plexippus. Genome Announcements 2:e000321-14.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Tao L, Berns AR, Hunter MD. 2013. Why does a good thing become too much? Interactions between foliar nutrients and toxins determine performance of an insect herbivore. Functional Ecology 28:190-196.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Fritzsche AK, Satterfield DA, Altizer SM. 2014. Migratory trade-offs: Do monarch butterflies sacrifice immune defense for lipid storage? Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: E68
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Flockhart DTT, Pichancourt JB, Norris DR, Martin TG. 2014. Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology Online early
Category: Techniques, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Chakrabarty S, Pal AK, Dey N, Das D, & Acharjee S. 2014. Foliage area computation using monarch butterfly algorithm. Pages 249-253 in Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE), 2014 1st International Conference on. IEEE.
Category: Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Pierce AA, de Roode JC, Altizer S, Bartel RA. 2014. Extreme heterogeneity in parasitism despite low population genetic structure among monarch butterflies inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands. PLoS ONE 9: e100061.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Servin-Garciduenas LE, Martinez-Romero E. 2013. Complete mitochondrial genome recovered from the gut metagenome of overwintering monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae). Mitochondrial DNA: 1.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Davis, AK. 2014. Opinion: conservation of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) could be enhanced with analyses and publication of citizen science tagging data. Insect Conservation and Diversity 8:103-106.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Zhan S, Zhang W, Niitepold K, Hsu J, Haeger JF, Zalucki MP, Altizer S, de Roode JC, Reppert SM, Kronforst MR. The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning colouration. Nature 514:317-321.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Vidal O, Lopez-Garcia J, Rendon-Salinas E. 2014. Trends in Deforestation and Forest Degradation after a Decade of Monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Conservation Biology 28: 177-186.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Ismail KS. 2014. Study of bacterial contaminants isolated from adult monarch butterfly Ddanaus plexippus) found on milkweed (Calotropis procera) in the Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Science 4: 36.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2014
Diffendorfer JE, Loomis JB, Ries L, Oberhauser K, Lopez-Hoffman L, Semmens D, Semmens B, Butterfield B, Bagstad K, Goldstein J, Wiederholt R, Mattsson B, Thogmartin W. 2013. National Valuation of Monarch Butterflies Indicates an Untapped Potential for Incentive-based Conservation. Conservation Letters 7: 253-262.
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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.