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: 1986
Kelley RB, Seiber JN, Jones AD, Segall HJ. 1986. Isolation and structural identification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in overwintering monarchs. Journal of Toxicology-Toxin Reviews 5: 262-262.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Malcolm SB, Brower LP. 1986. Selective oviposition by monarch butterflies(Danaus plexippus L.) in a mixed stand of Asclepias curassavica L. and A. incarnata L. in south Florida. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40: 255.
Category: Monarch research
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Wilson, P. 1986: Establishment of monarch butterflies. WETA: 9(2):28
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Calvert WH, Brower LP. 1986. The location of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) overwintering colonies in Mexico in relation to topography and climate. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40: 164.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1986
James DG. Thermoregulation in 'Danaus plexippus' (L) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): Two cool climate adaptations. General and Applied Entomology: The Journal of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, Vol. 18, 1986: [43]-47
Category: Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1986
Gibo DL. 1986. Flight strategies of migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) in southern Ontario. Pp. 172-184 in Danthanarayana W (ed). Insect Flight: Dispersal and Migration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1986
Smith LV. 1986. Placement and fate of monarch butterfly pupae in northern California. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Winter D. 1985. Misdirected monarch mating behavior (Danaidae: Danaus plexippus) or noblesse oblige? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Wiklund C, Sillentullberg B. 1985. Why distasteful butterflies have aposematic larvae and adults, but cryptic pupae - evidence from predation experiments on the monarch and the european swallowtail. Evolution 39: 1155-1158.
Category: Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1985
Schmidt-Koenig K. 1985. Migration strategies of monarch butterflies. Pages 786-798 [chapter 6] in Migration: Mechanisms and Adaptive Significance. Rankin MA (ed). Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement 27, University of Texas, Austin.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Cohen JA. 1985. Differences and similarities in cardenolide contents of queen and monarch butterflies in florida and their ecological and evolutionary implications. Journal of Chemical Ecology 11: 85-103.
Category: Migration
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1985
Brower LP. New perspectives on the migration biology of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus L. Contributions in Marine Science[CONTRIB. MAR. SCI.].. 1985;68.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Bull CM, Zalucki MP, Suzuki Y, Mackay DA, Kitching RL. 1985. An experimental investigation of patch use by female monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus (L). Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 391-398.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Brower LP, Horner BE, Marty MA, Moffitt CM, Villar B. 1985. Mice (Peromyscus-maniculatus, Peromyscus-spicilegus, and Microtus-mexicanus) as predators of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus-plexippus) in Mexico. Biotropica 17: 89-99.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1985
Brower LP, Calvert WH. 1985. Foraging dynamics of bird predators on overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico. Evolution 39: 852-868.
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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.