Climate change could fragment habitat for monarch butterflies, disrupting mass migration (IMAGE)

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Climate change could fragment habitat for monarch butterflies, disrupting mass migration

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Diagram depicting the overlap of climatic suitability, biological suitability and environmental suitability for defining areas of low, medium and Highest suitability for eggs and larvae of monarch butterflies (ELM) along the migratory route in Mexico.

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Sánchez-Cordero V et al., 2025, PLOS Climate, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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