Monarch Butterfly Ecology, Behavior, and Vulnerabilities in North Central United States Agricultural Landscapes

Host plant limitation of butterflies in highly fragmented landscapes

(2022) Elizabeth E. Crone et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Monarch Butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) Life Stage Risks from Foliar and Seed‐Treatment Insecticides

(2021) Niranjana Krishnan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Pyrethroid Exposure Reduces Growth and Development of Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Caterpillars

(2021) Annie J Krueger et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Conservation risks and benefits of establishing monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) breeding habitat in close proximity to maize and soybean fields in the North Central U.S.: A landscape‐scale analysis of foliar insecticide impacts on non‐migratory monarch butterfly populations

(2021) Tyler J. Grant et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Developmental and reproductive effects of clothianidin exposure in monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

(2021) Alana A.E. Wilcox et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Oviposition Response of Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to Imidacloprid-Treated Milkweed

(2021) Alexander N Mullins et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Experimental field evidence shows milkweed contaminated with a common neonicotinoid decreases larval survival of monarch butterflies

(2021) Samantha M. Knight et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Estimating Perceptual Range of Female Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to Potted Vegetative Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and Blooming Nectar Resources

(2021) Kelsey E Fisher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Evaluating toxicity of Varroa mite (Varroa destructor)-active dsRNA to monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae

(2021) Niranjana Krishnan et al.   PLoS One

Neonicotinoids can cause arrested pupal ecdysis in Lepidoptera

(2021) Niranjana Krishnan et al.   Scientific Reports

The expanding role of movement behavior in insect conservation ecology

(2021) Katherine C Kral-O’Brien et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Exploring the Role of Cognition in the Annual Fall Migration of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

(2021) Robert J. Gegear   Insects

Quantifying neonicotinoid insecticide residues in milkweed and other forbs sampled from prairie strips established in maize and soybean fields

(2021) Maura J. Hall et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Influence of habitat quality and resource density on breeding‐season female monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus movement and space use in north‐central USA agroecosystem landscapes

(2021) Kelsey E. Fisher et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Landscape- and local-level variables affect monarchs in Midwest grasslands

(2021) Anna Skye Bruce et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Damage and recovery from drift of synthetic-auxin herbicide dicamba depends on concentration and varies among floral, vegetative, and lifetime traits in rapid cycling Brassica rapa

(2021) Sergio E. Ramos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Host Plant Species Mediates Impact of Neonicotinoid Exposure to Monarch Butterflies

(2021) Cody Prouty et al.   Insects

Assessing Field‐Scale Risks of Foliar Insecticide Applications to Monarch Butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) Larvae

(2020) Niranjana Krishnan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Estimates of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) utilization by monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) and the significance of larval movement

(2020) Kelsey E. Fisher et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Overhaul environmental risk assessment for pesticides

(2020) C. J. Topping et al.   SCIENCE

Employing Very High Frequency (VHF) Radio Telemetry to Recreate Monarch Butterfly Flight Paths

(2020) Kelsey E Fisher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

The importance of including habitat-specific behaviour in models of butterfly movement

(2020) Luke C. Evans et al.   OECOLOGIA

Estimating arthropod survival probability from field counts: a case study with monarch butterflies

(2020) Tyler J. Grant et al.   Ecosphere

Uptake and toxicity of clothianidin to monarch butterflies from milkweed consumption

(2020) Timothy A. Bargar et al.   PeerJ

Do pollinators prefer pesticide‐free plants? An experimental test with monarchs and milkweeds

(2020) Paola Olaya‐Arenas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Genomic evidence for gene flow between monarchs with divergent migratory phenotypes and flight performance

(2020) Venkat Talla et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Larval pesticide exposure impacts monarch butterfly performance

(2020) Paola Olaya-Arenas et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparison of aerial and ground sprayer fungicide application technologies on canopy coverage, disease severity, lodging, and yield of corn

(2020) Andrew J. Penney et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Locating large insects using automated VHF radio telemetry with a multi‐antennae array

(2020) Kelsey Elizabeth Fisher et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Off-target Movement of DGA and BAPMA Dicamba to Sensitive Soybean

(2019) Gordon T. Jones et al.   WEED TECHNOLOGY

Perceptual Range, Targeting Ability, and Visual Habitat Detection by Greater Fritillary Butterflies Speyeria cybele (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and Speyeria atlantis

(2019) Zachary G MacDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Quantifying Pesticide Exposure Risk for Monarch Caterpillars on Milkweeds Bordering Agricultural Land

(2019) Paola Olaya-Arenas et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The Role of Modeling in Monarch Butterfly Research and Conservation

(2019) Tyler J. Grant et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Western Monarch Population Plummets: Status, Probable Causes, and Recommended Conservation Actions

(2019) Emma M. Pelton et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The Impact of Pesticides on Flower‐visiting Insects: A Review with Regard to European Risk Assessment

(2019) Philipp Uhl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms and Consequences of Partial Migration in Insects

(2019) Myles H. M. Menz et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Incorporating field behaviors into monarch surveys to promote informed conservation actions

(2019) Katherine C. Kral-O’Brien et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Predicting monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) movement and egg-laying with a spatially-explicit agent-based model: The role of monarch perceptual range and spatial memory

(2018) Tyler J. Grant et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Migratory flight of insect pests within a year-round distribution: European corn borer as a case study

(2018) Thomas W. Sappington   Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Effect of postemergence fomesafen application on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) growth and utilization by monarchs (Danaus plexippus)

(2018) Sydney E. Lizotte-Hall et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ‘all hands on deck’

(2017) Wayne E Thogmartin et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Regional climate on the breeding grounds predicts variation in the natal origin of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico over 38 years

(2017) D. T. Tyler Flockhart et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long-term trends in the intensity and relative toxicity of herbicide use

(2017) Andrew R. Kniss   Nature Communications

A trans-national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

(2016) KAREN OBERHAUSER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Milkweed restoration in the Midwest for monarch butterfly recovery: estimates of milkweeds lost, milkweeds remaining and milkweeds that must be added to increase the monarch population

(2016) John Pleasants   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Fine Scale Movements of the Butterfly Plebejus argus in a Heterogeneous Natural Landscape as Revealed by GPS Tracking

(2016) Pilar Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Can roadside habitat lead monarchs on a route to recovery?

(2016) Kyle Kasten et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Linking the continental migratory cycle of the monarch butterfly to understand its population decline

(2016) Hidetoshi Inamine et al.   OIKOS

Butterfly communities under threat

(2016) Jeremy A. Thomas   SCIENCE

Contamination of wild plants near neonicotinoid seed-treated crops, and implications for non-target insects

(2016) Cristina Botías et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

(2016) Brice X. Semmens et al.   Scientific Reports

Immature Monarch Survival: Effects of Site Characteristics, Density, and Time

(2015) Kelly R. Nail et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Movement and egg laying in Monarchs: To move or not to move, that is the equation

(2015) M. P. Zalucki et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Long-range seasonal migration in insects: mechanisms, evolutionary drivers and ecological consequences

(2015) Jason W. Chapman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effects of the herbicide dicamba on nontarget plants and pollinator visitation

(2015) Eric W. Bohnenblust et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Soil-Applied Imidacloprid Translocates to Ornamental Flowers and Reduces Survival of Adult Coleomegilla maculata, Harmonia axyridis, and Hippodamia convergens Lady Beetles, and Larval Danaus plexippus and Vanessa cardui Butterflies

(2015) Vera Krischik et al.   PLoS One

Herbicide drift can affect plant and arthropod communities

(2014) J. Franklin Egan et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies

(2014) D. T. Tyler Flockhart et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning colouration

(2014) Shuai Zhan et al.   NATURE

Serial founder effects and genetic differentiation during worldwide range expansion of monarch butterflies

(2014) A. A. Pierce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of 2,4-D and Dicamba Drift on Soybean and Cotton

(2014) J. Franklin Egan et al.   WEED SCIENCE

Weed control changes and genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops in the USA 1996–2012

(2014) Graham Brookes   GM Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain

Direct and Indirect Effects of the Synthetic-Auxin Herbicide Dicamba on Two Lepidopteran Species

(2013) Eric Bohnenblust et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Complete mitochondrial genome recovered from the gut metagenome of overwintering monarch butterflies,Danaus plexippus(L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae)

(2013) Luis E. Servín-Garcidueñas et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

Navigating a Critical Juncture for Sustainable Weed Management

(2012) David A. Mortensen et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Model-guided fieldwork: practical guidelines for multidisciplinary research on wildlife ecological and epidemiological dynamics

(2012) Olivier Restif et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Milkweed loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: effect on the monarch butterfly population

(2012) JOHN M. PLEASANTS et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Response of butterflies to structural and resource boundaries

(2012) Cheryl B. Schultz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations

(2012) JUSTINE I. LYONS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: is the migratory phenomenon at risk?

(2011) LINCOLN P. BROWER et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Color vision and learning in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae)

(2011) D. Blackiston et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Animal Migration and Infectious Disease Risk

(2011) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

Recent Insights from Radar Studies of Insect Flight

(2010) Jason W. Chapman et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Reduction in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) occurrence in Iowa cropland from 1999 to 2009

(2010) Robert G. Hartzler   CROP PROTECTION

Dispersal and egg shortfall in Monarch butterflies: what happens when the matrix is cleaned up?

(2010) MYRON P. ZALUCKI et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Monarch butterfly migration and parasite transmission in eastern North America

(2010) Rebecca A. Bartel et al.   ECOLOGY

Dispersal mood revealed by shifts from routine to direct flights in the meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina

(2010) Thomas Delattre et al.   OIKOS

Integrating individual search and navigation behaviors in mechanistic movement models

(2010) Thomas Mueller et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Impacts of Ultra-Low Volume Resmethrin Applications on Non-Target Insects

(2009) Karen S. Oberhauser et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION

Dynamics of oviposition in Danaus plexippus (Insecta: Lepidoptera) on milkweed, Asclepias spp

(2009) M. P. Zalucki et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Navigational Strategies Used by Insects to Find Distant, Wind-Borne Sources of Odor

(2008) Ring T. Cardé et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Search and navigation in dynamic environments – from individual behaviors to population distributions

(2008) Thomas Mueller et al.   OIKOS

A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

(2008) R. Nathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA