EARLY SPRING DRIVES BUTTERFLY POPULATION DECLINES "AHEADOF-TIME" SNOWMELT TRIGGERS CHAINS OF EVENTS IN THE MORMON FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY

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... available nectar. The result is decline in a population of the Mormon Fritillary butterfly, Speyeria mormonia. Using long-term data on date of snowmelt, butterfly population sizes and flower numbers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Carol Boggs, a... ... numbers," said Inouye. "This research is critical to assessing the broader effects of weather on an everchanging Earth," he said. "By facilitating long-term studies, field stations such as the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory