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SUBMITTER: Forister ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2836664 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forister Matthew L ML McCall Andrew C AC Sanders Nathan J NJ Fordyce James A JA Thorne James H JH O'Brien Joshua J Waetjen David P DP Shapiro Arthur M AM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100119 5
Climate change and habitat destruction have been linked to global declines in vertebrate biodiversity, including mammals, amphibians, birds, and fishes. However, invertebrates make up the vast majority of global species richness, and the combined effects of climate change and land use on invertebrates remain poorly understood. Here we present 35 years of data on 159 species of butterflies from 10 sites along an elevational gradient spanning 0-2,775 m in a biodiversity hotspot, the Sierra Nevada ...[more]