[Pollinator] Butterflies show signs of being affected by climate change in a way similar to plants and bees (Northeast US)

[De Angelis, Patricia]

An article forwarded to me by a colleague.

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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-----------------------------Butterflies show signs of being affected by
climate change in a way similar to plants and bees
[image: butterflies/2011/elfin_williams]

The frosted elfin butterfly is one of the species covered in the study.
Credit Ernest Williams, Hamilton College
*Butterflies fly earlier if the temperature is higher*
February 2013. In a new study, Hamilton College Biology Professor Ernest
Williams and Boston University researchers have found that butterflies show
signs of being affected by climate change in a way similar to plants and
bees, but not birds, in the Northeast United States. The researchers
focused on Massachusetts butterfly flight periods, comparing current flight
periods with patterns going back more than 100 years using museum
collections and the records of dedicated citizen scientists. Their findings
indicate that butterflies are flying earlier in warmer years.

Full story: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/butterfly-flight-period#cr
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