[Pollinator] Greenwire: Butterflies used as barometer for environmental health

[Ladadams at aol.com]

WILDLIFE:  Butterflies used as barometer for environmental health  (Friday, 
July 31,  2009) 
Scientists are sending out search  teams to track butterfly populations in 
order to gauge the health of local  environments. 
The flying insects are good  indicators because they are sensitive to 
environmental changes and habitat loss,  the scientists say. 
"When you see the absence  of butterflies, you know something is wrong," 
said Jerry Payne, an entomologist  fresh off a counting expedition to Piedmont 
National Wildlife Refuge in  Georgia. 
Butterflies fill a crucial  ecological niche as pollinators. The insects 
are also charismatic and serve as  better standard bearers for insect 
conservation than cockroaches, the scientists  say (_AP/MSNBC.com_ 
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32226247/ns/us_news-environment/) , July 30). -- PR 
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Laurie Davies Adams
Executive  Director
Pollinator Partnership 
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