A question of height: Learning from reintroduction of once extinct butterfly in Britain
The reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain offers lessons in helping plants and animals threatened by climate change, scientists said. The Large Blue, whose scientific name is Maculinea arion, was successfully reintroduced 25 years ago after becoming extinct in 1979, scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research said in a release Friday. Large Blues imported from Sweden were aided by the creation of small heat-shielded habitats, which could give today's threatened species more time to adapt or migrate to regions better suited to them, Jeremy A.
A question of height: Learning from reintroduction of once extinct butterfly in Britain
Intelligent countryside management could improve the survival chances of animal and plant species threatened by climate change. The creation of small heat-shielded habitats and better links ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
Small Heat-Shielded Habitats Could Help Threatened Species Survive Climate Change, Fri 3 Jul 09 from ScienceDaily
Butterfly offers lessons in climate change
OXFORD, England, July 3 (UPI) -- The reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain offers lessons in helping plants and animals threatened by climate change, scientists said.
Fri 3 Jul 09 from UPI
Butterfly offers lessons in climate change, Fri 3 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
Reintroduction Of A Once Extinct Butterfly In Britain
What Europe can learn from the successful reintroduction of a once extinct butterfly in BritainIntelligent countryside management could improve the survival chances of animal and plant species ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
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