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, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Calvert WH, Zuchowski W, Brower LP. 1983. The effect of rain, snow and freezing temperatures on overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico. Biotropica 15: 42-47.
Category: Techniques
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Glass HW, Pan ML. 1983. Laboratory rearing of monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaiidae), using an artificial diet. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 475-476.
Seasonal-variation in hemolymph juvenile-hormone of adult monarchs (Danaus-p-plexippus, Lepidoptera)
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Lessman CA, Herman WS. 1983. Seasonal-variation in hemolymph juvenile-hormone of adult monarchs (Danaus-p-plexippus, Lepidoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 61: 88-94.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1983
Zalucki MP. 1983. Simulation of movement and egglaying in danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Researches on Population Ecology 25: 353-365.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. The analysis and description of movement in adult Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danainae). Behaviour 80: 174-198.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Lessman CA, Rollins L, Herman WS. 1982. Effects of juvenile hormones I, II, and III on reproductive tract growth in male and female monarch butterflies. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology 71: 141-144.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
James DG. 1982. Ovarian dormancy in Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-oligopause not diapause. Australian Journal of Entomology 21: 31-35.
Category: Monarch research, Evolution/range
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Young AM. 1982. An evolutionary-ecological model of the evolution of migratory behavior in the Monarch Butterfly, and its absence in the Queen Butterfly. Acta Biotheoretica 31: 219.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Herman WS. 1982. Endocrine regulation of the bursa copulatrix and receptacle gland of Danaus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Experientia 38: 631-632.
Category: Monarch research, Orientation
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Jones DS, Macfadden BJ. 1982. Induced magnetization in the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Journal of Experimental Biology 96: 1-9.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Cohen JA, Brower LP. 1982. Oviposition and larval success of wild monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera, Danaide) in relation to host plant size and cardenolide concentration. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 343-348.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Chaplin SB, Wells PH. 1982. Energy reserves and metabolic expenditures of monarch butterflies overwintering in southern-California. Ecological Entomology 7: 249-256.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Brower LP, Seiber JN, Nelson CJ, Lynch SP, Tuskes PM. 1982. Plant-determined variation in the cardenolide content, thin-layer chromatography profiles, and emetic potency of monarch butterflies, Danaus-plexippus Lepidoptera, Danaidae reared on the milkweed
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Marty MA, Gee SJ, Krieger RI. 1982. Mono-oxygenase activities of fat-body and gut homogenates of monarch butterfly larvae, Danaus-plexippus,fed 4 cardenolide-containing milkweeds, Asclepias spp. Journal of Chemical Ecology 8: 797-805.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. Dynamics of oviposition in Danaus-plexippus (Insecta, Lepidoptera) on milkweed, Asclepias spp. Journal of Zoology 198: 103-116.
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