Butterflies: 'Twice-punished' by habitat fragmentation and climate change
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 23:30
in Biology & Nature
Butterflies dispersal is strongly related to demography and ecological specialization, new research shows. Butterfly with narrow tolerance to temperature are also those species that have weak dispersal ability. For such species, the combination of habitat fragmentation and climate warming are a kind of 'double penalty'.