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
996 result(s)
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2004
Sears MK. 2004. Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: A risk assessment. Pages 125-137 in Bhalgat MK, Ridley WP, Felsot AS, Seiber JN, eds. Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects, vol. 866.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2004
Reppert SM, Zhu HS, White RH. 2004. Polarized light helps monarch butterflies navigate. Current Biology 14: 155-158.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 2004
Meitner CJ, Brower LP, Davis AK. 2004. Migration patterns and environmental effects on stopover of monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) at Peninsula Point, Michigan. Environmental Entomology 33: 249-256.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 2004
Feddema JJ, Shields J, Taylor OR, Bennett D. 2004. Simulating the Development and Migration of the Monarch Butterfly. Pages 229-240 in Oberhauser KS, Solensky MJ, eds. The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Category: Supporting research, Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Toone W, Hanscom T. 2003. Conservation of Monarch Butterflies in Central Mexico: Protection of a biological phenomenon. Biodiversity 4:14-20.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Oberhauser KS, Rivers ERL. 2003. Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae and Bt maize pollen: a review of ecological risk assessment for a non-target species. AgBiotechNet 5: 1.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Levine E, Byron-Cooper O, Desch-O'Donnell M, Metzinger C. 2003. Interindividual variation in mitochondrial enzyme activity in male Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L.(Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 284.
Survival of monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae), larvae on milkweed near Bt cornfields
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Koch RL, Hutchison WD, Venette RC. 2003. Survival of monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae), larvae on milkweed near Bt cornfields. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57: 92.
Category: Conservation/social dimensions
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Barkin D. Alleviating poverty through ecotourism: Promises and reality in the Monarch Butterfly Reserve of Mexico. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2003 Sep 1;5(3-4):371-82.
Category: Supporting research, Habitat
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Ramirez MI, Azcarate JG, Luna L. 2003. Effects of human activities on monarch butterfly habitat in protected mountain forests, Mexico. Forestry Chronicle 79: 242-246.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Oberhauser K, Peterson AT. 2003. Modeling current and future potential wintering distributions of eastern North American monarch butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 14063-14068.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Mattila HR, Otis GW. 2003. A comparison of the host preference of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) for milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) over dog-strangler vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum). Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 107: 193-199.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Koch RL, Hutchison WD, Venette RC, Heimpel GE. 2003. Susceptibility of immature monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae : Danainae), to predation by Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae). Biological Control 28: 265-270.
Category: Monarch research, GMO/toxins
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Jesse LCH, Obrycki JJ. 2003. Occurrence of Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera : Danaidae) on milkweeds (Asclepias syriaca) in transgenic Bt corn agroecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 97: 225-233.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 2003
Froy O, Gotter AL, Casselman AL, Reppert SM. 2003. Illuminating the circadian clock in monarch butterfly migration. Science 300: 1303-1305.
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