How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

Relating wing morphology and immune function to patterns of partial and differential bat migration using stable isotopes

(2022) Elizabeth J. Rogers et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Thermal effects of plumage coloration

(2022) Svana Rogalla et al.   IBIS

Flying on empty: reduced mitochondrial function and flight capacity in food-deprived monarch butterflies

(2022) Kristjan Niitepõld et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Revisiting geographic variation in melanism of monarch butterfly larvae in North America using iNaturalist photos

(2022) Andrew K. Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Spatial risk assessment of eastern monarch butterfly road mortality during autumn migration within the southern corridor

(2019) Tuula Kantola et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using digitized museum collections to understand the effects of habitat on wing coloration in the Puerto Rican monarch

(2019) Mariangelí Echevarría Ramos et al.   BIOTROPICA

Aquatic animal colors and skin temperature: Biology's selection for reducing oceanic dolphin's skin friction drag

(2019) M. Hassanalian et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Monarch butterflies reared under autumn‐like conditions have more efficient flight and lower post‐flight metabolism

(2019) Hayley Schroeder et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Insights on the thermal impacts of wing colorization of migrating birds on their skin friction drag and the choice of their flight route

(2018) M. Hassanalian et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

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

Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration

(2016) Steven M. Reppert et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Cool Bands: Wing bands decrease rate of heating, but not equilibrium temperature in Anartia fatima

(2016) Jake Brashears et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Trends Observed in Fall Migrant Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) East of the Appalachian Mountains at an Inland Stopover in Southern Pennsylvania over an Eighteen Year Period

(2015) Gayle Steffy   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Intraspecific variation in wing colour is related to larval energy reserves in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

(2014) Andrew K. Davis   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Does Skipping a Meal Matter to a Butterfly's Appearance? Effects of Larval Food Stress on Wing Morphology and Color in Monarch Butterflies

(2014) Haley Johnson et al.   PLoS One

Forewing pigmentation predicts migration distance in wild-caught migratory monarch butterflies

(2013) Daniel Hanley et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

When and where does mortality occur in migratory birds? Direct evidence from long-term satellite tracking of raptors

(2013) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The Redder the Better: Wing Color Predicts Flight Performance in Monarch Butterflies

(2012) Andrew K. Davis et al.   PLoS One

Physiological and haematological indices suggest superior heat tolerance of white-coloured West African Dwarf sheep in the hot humid tropics

(2012) Adelodun O. Fadare et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Animal Migration and Infectious Disease Risk

(2011) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

POPULATIONS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES WITH DIFFERENT MIGRATORY BEHAVIORS SHOW DIVERGENCE IN WING MORPHOLOGY

(2010) Sonia Altizer et al.   EVOLUTION

Navigational mechanisms of migrating monarch butterflies

(2010) Steven M. Reppert et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Body temperature, thermoregulatory behaviour and pelt characteristics of three colour morphs of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)

(2008) Robyn S. Hetem et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Sex differences in immune defenses and response to parasitism in monarch butterflies

(2008) Elizabeth Lindsey et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight Costs in Songbirds

(2008) Melissa S. Bowlin et al.   PLoS One