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FORESTS: Earlier spring affecting bark beetles, butterflies
Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryRocky MountainsFront RangeColoradoMountain Research StationNiwot RidgeBoulder CountyIdahoWyomingSpeyeria mormonia
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April Reese, E&E reporter The earlier arrival of spring due to climate change is having significant effects on Rocky Mountain populations of two types of insects, the mountain pine beetle and the Mormon fritillary butterfly. But their responses are very different: While beetle populations are growin
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