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: 1988
Cheung HTA, Nelson CJ, Watson TR. 1988. New glucoside conjugates and other cardenolide glycosides from the monarch butterfly reared on Asclepias-fruticosa L. Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1: 1851-1857.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Zalucki MP, Suzuki Y. 1987. Milkweed patch quality, adult population structure, and egg laying in the monarch butterfly. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 41: 13.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Malcolm SB, Cockrell BJ, Brower LP. 1987. Monarch butterfly voltinism - effects of temperature constraints at different latitudes. Oikos 49: 77-82.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Malcolm SB. 1987. Monarch butterfly migration in North-America - controversy and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2: 135-138.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Lynch SP, Martin RA. 1987. Cardenolide content and thin-layer chromatography profiles of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) and their larval host-plant milkweed, Asclepias-viridis Walt (Apocynales, Asclepiadaceae) in northwest
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Nagano C, Freese C. 1987. A world safe for monarchs. New Scientist 114: 43-47.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Kelley RB, Seiber JN, Jones AD, Segall HJ, Brower LP. 1987. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) from Mexico. Experientia 43: 943-946.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Zalucki MP, Hughes JM, Carter PA. 1987. Genetic-variation in Danaus-plexippus l - habitat selection or differences in activity times. Heredity 59: 213-221.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1987
Wells H, Rogers SH, Wells PH. 1987. Bioenergetics and monarch butterfly reproduction. American Zoologist 27: A122-A122.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1986
James DG 1986. Studies on the migration of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 13: 27-31.
Category: Supporting research, Hostplant biology
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Cheung HTA, Watson TR, Lee SM, McChesney MM, Seiber JN. 1986. Structure of aspecioside from the monarch butterfly larvae foodplants Asclepias-speciosa and A-syriaca. Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1: 61-65.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1986
James DG. 1986. Effect of temperature upon energy reserves of the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus (L) (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 373-379.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Suzuki Y, Zalucki MP. 1986. The influence of sex-ratio on female dispersal in Danaus-plexippus (L) (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 31-35.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Seiber JN, Brower LP, Lee SM, McChesney MM, Cheung HTA, Nelson CJ, Watson TR. 1986. Cardenolide connection between overwintering monarch butterflies from mexico and their larval food plant, Asclepias-syriaca. Journal of Chemical Ecology 12: 1157-1170.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Norman C. 1986. Mexico acts to protect overwintering monarchs. Science 233: 1252-1253.
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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.