{"id":221648,"date":"2010-01-23T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T03:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecoworldly.com\/2010\/01\/24\/california-butterflies-see-big-declines-from-ecological-double-blow\/"},"modified":"2010-01-23T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T03:08:59","slug":"california-butterflies-see-big-declines-from-eco-double-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/221648","title":{"rendered":"California Butterflies See Big Declines from Eco Double Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/ecoworldly.com\/files\/2010\/01\/california-butterfly_clodius-parnassian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\nclass=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5363\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/ecoworldly\/files\/2010\/01\/california-butterfly_clodius-parnassian.jpg\" alt=\"california-butterfly_clodius-parnassian\" width=\"400\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">The <em>Clodius Parnassian<\/em> butterfly is more common at the top of its elevation range in the California mountains than in the past.<\/h5>\n<h3>Climate change is making things rough for many vertebrate and invertebrate species. But add to this a steady loss of habitat, and many species just can&#8217;t adapt successfully to the combined stresses.<\/h3>\n<p>From the coastal lowlands to the coniferous tree lines of Northern California&#8217;s Sierra Nevada Mountains, scores of species of butterfly are in an existential fight for their evolutionary futures. The survival challenge seems to be most impacting those species whose preferred habitats lay in the lower elevations, but the effects are being felt further up as well, as more butterfly species are moving into higher-elevated habitats. This evolutionary struggle might have gone unnoticed but for the diligent work of one research team, lead by butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro of the University of California at Davis.<\/p>\n<p><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/ecoworldly.com\/2010\/01\/24\/california-butterflies-see-big-declines-from-ecological-double-blow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more of this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<div\nclass=\"feedflare\"> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?a=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?a=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?i=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?a=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?i=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?a=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?i=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?a=Tn3lMrLPu64:vN2vpFe_0Bg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/ecoworldly\/com?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img\nsrc=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/ecoworldly\/com\/~4\/Tn3lMrLPu64\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/KaWsE_MrL37VX4XxQOW3ZEkQOVM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/KaWsE_MrL37VX4XxQOW3ZEkQOVM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/KaWsE_MrL37VX4XxQOW3ZEkQOVM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/KaWsE_MrL37VX4XxQOW3ZEkQOVM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/RenewableEnergyNewsSyndicator\/~4\/nSSM6W2ByJ0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clodius Parnassian butterfly is more common at the top of its elevation range in the California mountains than in the past. Climate change is making things rough for many vertebrate and invertebrate species. But add to this a steady loss of habitat, and many species just can&#8217;t adapt successfully to the combined stresses. 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