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Butterfly ranges shift worldwide amid climate change, with most species expanding their reach

A global analysis of range-shift records for 1,758 butterfly species—10% of known butterfly species—found that 80% had expanded their ran…

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A global analysis of range-shift records for 1,758 butterfly species—10% of known butterfly species—found that 80% had expanded their range and that 79% of all recorded range shifts were linked to climate change and extreme weather events. The new study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, also reports range contractions for 27% of species, and 22% of…

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