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IMAGE: Fewer butterflies seen across the warming, drying landscapes of American West. New methods of conservation and management of butterfly habitat may be needed to stem the consistent annual decline in.
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Credit: Matt Forister, University of Nevada, Reno
RENO, Nevada - New methods of conservation and management of butterfly habitat may be needed to stem the consistent annual decline in the numbers of butterflies over the past 40 years in the western United States, according to a new study published in the journal
Science.
The widespread butterfly declines highlight the importance of careful management of the lands that we do have control over, including our own backyards where we should use fewer pesticides and choose plants for landscapes that benefit local insects, Matt Forister, biology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno and lead author of the report in ....

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