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: 1982
Borkin SS. 1982. Notes on shifting distribution patterns and survival of immature Danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) on the food plant Asclepias-syriaca. Great Lakes Entomologist 15: 199-206.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP. 1982. Temperature and rate of development in Danaus-plexippus L and D. chrysippus L (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 241-246.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Calvert WH, Zuchowski W, Brower LP. 1982. The impact of forest thinning on microclimate in monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) overwintering areas of Mexico. Bol. Soc. Bot. Mex 42: 11.
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1982
Zalucki MP, Kitching RL. 1982. Temporal and spatial variation of mortality in field populations of Danaus-plexippus L and Danaus-chrysippus L larvae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Oecologia 53: 201-207.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1982
James DG 1982. A transient non-breeding population of Danaus plexippus (L.)(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) near Picton, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 8: 96-99.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Shapiro AM. 1981. A recondite breeding site for the monarch (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae) in the Montane Sierra Nevada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 20:50-51.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Calvert WH, Brower LP. 1981. The importance of forest cover for the survival of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus, Danaidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 35: 216-225.
Category: Monarch research, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Gibo DL. 1981. Altitudes attained by migrating monarch butterflies, Danaus-p-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae), as reported by glider pilots. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 59: 571-572.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Fink LS, Brower LP. 1981. Birds can overcome the cardenolide defense of monarch butterflies in Mexico. Nature 291: 67-70.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Lessman CA, Herman WS. 1981. Flight enhances juvenile-hormone inactivation in Danaus-plexippus-plexippus L (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). Experientia 37: 599-601.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Herman WS, Lessman CA, Johnson GD. 1981. Correlation of juvenile hormone titer changes with reproductive tract development in the posteclosion monarch butterfly. Journal of Experimental Zoology 218: 387-395.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Herman WS. 1981. Studies on the adult reproductive diapause of the monarch butterfly, Danaus-plexippus. Biological Bulletin 160: 89-106.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Dores RM, Herman WS. 1981. Effect of age, ambient-temperature, and exposure to hormone on the post-eclosion diuretic response of the monarch butterfly. Experientia 37: 529-530.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1981
James DG 1981. Studies on a winter breeding population of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Spencer, New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology 13: 47-53.
Category: Monarch research, Environmental performance
Type: Article
Year: 1981
Rawlins JE, Lederhouse RC. 1981. Developmental influences of thermal-behavior on monarch caterpillars (Danaus-plexippus) - an adaptation for migration (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54: 387-408.
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