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Nick Haddad

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Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State, Director KBS LTER. Landscape corridors. Butterfly conservation

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
More from the Conservation Lands Experiment - prairie reconstruction at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social
compass plant (Silphium laciniatum)A reconstructed prairieWild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)Tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hey y'all. Love all the love for the program (we're pretty proud of it too). But the fact that the solicitation is archived does NOT mean that the program is shutting down. We're hanging in there, struggling through the uncertainty with everyone else.
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Combining LTER sites (as this group of grads and postdocs did) -> even more powerful insights. Multiple Community Properties Drive Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience to Extreme Climate Events Across Mesic Grasslands - Ajowele - 2026 - Ecology Letters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Multiple Community Properties Drive Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience to Extreme Climate Events Across Mesic Grasslands
Using nearly 40 years of data from naturally-assembled plant communities, we found that while richness is important for resistance to extreme dry events, dominance is important for resistance to extr....
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Seraina Cappelli @serainacappelli.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Led by Ashley Darst and Joshua Ajowele, together with @nameer.bsky.social @maoweiliang.bsky.social iliang.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @rosalieterry.bsky.social and many more who are not on 🦋. We had great support by @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @drkimkomatsu.bsky.social and Eric Seabloom
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Congratulations to @kbslter.bsky.social graduate student, Rachel Drobnak, has been awarded the MSU Graduate School’s Graduate Award in Science Outreach & Communication for her exemplary efforts to translate and communicate scholarly research to the general public! www.canr.msu.edu/news/graduat...
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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
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Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Congratulations to @nickhaddad.bsky.social, co-Director of the @kbslter.bsky.social, and Phoebe Zarnetske on the KBS LTER Executive Committee - they are both on @michiganstateu.bsky.social Main Campus today accepting Outstanding Faculty Awards from The College of Natural Science!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I'm excited about the Ecological Society's new Fakhri A. Bazzaz and Steward T.A. Pickett Mentorship Award for Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Ecology. Nominate your colleagues who have been outstanding mentors! Due Nov. 13 esa.org/about/awards... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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Ecological Society of America -
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
One farmer saved $7,000 on fertilizer while increasing crop yield & protecting pollinators. Could be so powerful for places it scales well. Excited to see an idea @nickhaddad.bsky.social was developing at Storymakers 2023 in the headline! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
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Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Millions of currently farmed acres hold opportunities for biodiversity conservation that are hidden in plain sight!
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Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Great story! Learning to identify butterflies is in reach. Counts by thousands of people make up the best long term data 🦋 And there are practical means to forestall rapid butterfly decline. Thank you @margaretrenkl
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Opinion | How to Count Butterflies
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Great paper! Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna
Insect populations have declined worldwide, but the extent and drivers of these declines are debated. Most studies rely on field surveys performed in the past century, leaving gaps in our understandin...
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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Some important messages here. It’s not just rare species that are declining but common ones too, requiring a far more holistic conservation approach
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
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Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The publications collected in this month's LTER Network News really demonstrated the wide range of impactful research the LTER does. Here's the list: mailchi.mp/lternet/lter...
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LTER Network News | July 2025
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This report distills our findings on butterfly decline www.science.org/doi/full/10.... and describes actionable conservation urgently needed for butterfly recovery. @xercessociety.bsky.social State of the Butterflies in the United States xerces.org/publications...
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State of the Butterflies in the United States | Xerces Society
A study published in March 2025 showed that we are losing butterflies at a rate of 1.3% per year in the contiguous US. State of the Butterflies in the United States presents a summary of those finding...
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Lots of people in Kalamazoo!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Honored to become a @aaas.org fellow with @lisaschultemoore.bsky.social and Amy Toth. Prairie strip scientists well represented today! @kbslter.bsky.social
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Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
How does climate impact our gut microbiomes? As it turns out, there are many ways. KBS researcher Elena Litchman has studied the relationship between climate and our gut microbes. She contributed to a wide-ranging article recently published in Time Magazine. Read more: time.com/7287156/how-...
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How Climate Change Affects Your Gut Health
In a warmer world your digestive system may be taking a serious hit.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm theconversation.com/humans-are-k...
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Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple steps can reduce the harm
Insects are often under pressure from several threats at once, from pesticides to habitat loss to pollution.
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations to my MSU colleagues Phil Robertson @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social and Jack Liu on their election to the National Academy of Sciences. Well-deserved recognition of their many contributions to science www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
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National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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Olivia M. Smith @oliviamsmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We are excited to share our new article just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social 🎉 “Widespread lack of article accessibility policies among ecology and evolution journals” rdcu.be/ejFQH
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Widespread lack of article accessibility policies among ecology and evolution journals
Nature Ecology & Evolution - An analysis of manuscript preparation guidelines across 541 ecology and evolution journals reveals widespread paucity in guidelines intended to make journal...
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations to all this years ESA Fellows and Early Career Fellows, including to my MSU colleague @elenalitchman.bsky.social @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social and my collaborator @fletcherecology.bsky.social So well deserved!
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congrats to all of the new #ESA Fellows & Early Career Fellows including outstanding #MSU colleague @elenalitchman.bsky.social!
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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Really honored and humbled to be selected as an ESA Fellow. And congratulations to the other Fellows and Early Career Fellows! @conservation.cam.ac.uk @camzoology.bsky.social
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations to all of the newly elected members and international members of the National Academy of Sciences! www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na... Among them 3 superb #MSU colleagues--Jack Liu, Phil Robertson, and Christoph Benning--as well as former postdoc extraordinaire Valeria Souza (UNAM)!
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations to all of the newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, including my MSU colleagues (Christoph Benning, Jack Liu, and Phil Robertson), and - especially - Gary Brudvig. I'm proud of you, Dad! www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
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National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations to @elenalitchman.bsky.social Well deserved!
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
An essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
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Santiago Saura @santiagosaura.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Importante estudio de Gonçalves-Souza et al: ▪️Muestra que los paisajes fragmentados tienen menor diversidad alfa y gamma ▪️Descarta que la fragmentación aumente la biodiversidad a escala paisaje ▪️Enfatiza la necesidad de restaurar hábitat e incrementar la conectividad www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes - Nature
An analysis of habitat fragmentation using a dataset of more than 4,000 species worldwide shows that fragmentation reduces biodiversity at all scales, and that increases in β diversity do not compensa...
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Santiago Saura @santiagosaura.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Important study from Gonçalves-Souza et al: - Finds that fragmented landscapes have both lower α and γ diversity. - Refutes claims that fragmentation can increase biodiversity in the landscape. - Emphasizes the need to restore habitat and increase connectivity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes - Nature
An analysis of habitat fragmentation using a dataset of more than 4,000 species worldwide shows that fragmentation reduces biodiversity at all scales, and that increases in β diversity do not compensa...
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
How will climate change affect human gut microbiomes? In a new @thelancetplanet.bsky.social paper, I analyze the main mechanisms — changes in food availability & nutritional quality, environmental microbiomes, enteric pathogens, increased host stress — and their interactions. tinyurl.com/27kny9z9
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Climate change effects on the human gut microbiome: complex mechanisms and global inequities
Ongoing global climate change is affecting all aspects of life on Earth, including human health. The gut microbiota is an important determinant of health in humans and other organisms, but how climate...
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I'm excited to follow @dirtylittleworms.bsky.social Nematodes fill all roles in ecological systems and they're so diverse -- can't wait to learn more! Thanks for doing this
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Our new paper led by @tysonwepprich.bsky.social is out. When warmer temperatures increase the number of butterfly generations in a year, population growth rates are higher onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Voltinism Shifts in Response to Climate Warming Generally Benefit Populations of Multivoltine Butterflies
Insects may respond to climate warming by advancing phenology and increasing the number of generations each year (voltinism). However, one concern is that earlier phenology changes cue-response relat...
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Excellent special issue in @Ecology_Letters featuring decades long studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long‐Term Studies
Click on the article title to read more.
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Great paper led by Claire Winfrey on edge effects on microbes in fragmented landscapes @julianresasco.bsky.social @noahfierer.bsky.social
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Habitat specialization and edge effects of soil microbial communities in a fragmented landscape
Soil microorganisms play outsized roles in nutrient cycling, plant health, and climate regulation. Despite their importance, we have a limited understanding of how soil microbes are affected by habit....
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Conservation Corridor @conscorridor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How do we achieve 30x30 goals? Our next infographic highlights types of habitat conservation in the United States. Learn more on our #30x30 page conservationcorridor.org/what-is-30x30/
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28/02/2025
Each year in the U.S., wildlife-vehicle collisions cost $8 billion in property damage and cause many injuries and fatalities. A Washington State University study of wildlife crossings found that each overpass saved between $235,000 and $443,000 per year. environmentamerica.org/center/artic...
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Wildlife crossings provide safe passage
Elk, deer, panthers, bears, turtles and all sorts of animals are struck by cars and trucks. Wildlife crossings give them safe passage.
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This paper stalled out after I finished my dissertation in 2017, but I got motivated to finish thanks to the opportunity from Ecology Letters to join their special issue on long-term studies. Thanks to the thorough reviewers. Most importantly, thanks to the volunteer butterfly recorders in Ohio!
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Shareable read-only link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Takeaway: Insects with multiple generations a year can adapt to a warmer world by fitting another lifecycle into the longer growing season. This does NOT always arrest population declines, but we would expect univoltine species to be less resilient and in greater need of conservation concern.
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Ohio's multivoltine butterflies were not prone to "lost generations", when reproduction late in the summer is maladaptive b/c their response to environmental cues is disrupted by climate warming. Inspired by a terrific 2015 paper by van Dyck et al. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The lost generation hypothesis: could climate change drive ectotherms into a developmental trap?
Climate warming affects the rate and timing of the development in ectothermic organisms. Short-living, ectothermic organisms (including many insects) showing thermal plasticity in life-cycle regulati....
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New paper with Erica Henry & @nickhaddad.bsky.social Q: What happens when butterflies, responding to climate warming, attempt an extra generation as summers get longer? A: Long-term monitoring shows overwinter population growth increases! 🧪🦋🐛https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70018
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Voltinism Shifts in Response to Climate Warming Generally Benefit Populations of Multivoltine Butterflies
Insects may respond to climate warming by advancing phenology and increasing the number of generations each year (voltinism). However, one concern is that earlier phenology changes cue-response relat...
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KBS Chalkboard @kbschalkboard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Excited to host Dr. Laura Melissa Guzman for this Friday’s seminar! Tune in to learn more about using occupancy models to understand trends in bee biodiversity 🐝🌷📊💻
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BLUE ALWAYS BLUE @recordsleeve.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
When I was young (1960's) butterflies and bumblebees were so plentiful in the fields and flowering trees. Now I rarely see butterflies. Haven't seen a monarch in years.
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Conservation Corridor @conscorridor.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Does fragmentation reduce biodiversity? New research provides insights into a 50-year-old debate 🌎 conservationcorridor.org/digests/2025...
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Resolving a 50-year debate: fragmentation decreases biodiversity on multiple scales - Conservation Corridor
A global-wide comparison between continuous and fragmented landscapes leverages data from over 4,000 taxa to refute claims that habitat fragmentation can increase biodiversity at landscape scales.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Butterfly populations are rapidly declining across the U.S., and anecdotally, it feels the same here in the UK. Fewer sightings, fewer species—habitat loss and pesticides are taking their toll. We need to protect these vital pollinators www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
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