Remote areas studied for butterfly decline (IMAGE)

University of Nevada, Reno

Remote areas studied for butterfly decline

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Surveys for butterflies in the high elevation Sierran study transect of Castle Peak in California's central Sierra Nevada, ongoing for 40 years, has found a consistent decline in butterfly population.

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Photo by Matt Forister, University of Nevada, Reno

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