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A Spring Sprung Too Soon Is a Death Blow to Butterfly
frost damageclimate changephenological mismatchColoradoRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColorado Rocky MountainsSpeyeria mormoniaErigeron speciosus
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Early snow melts can throw a butterfly's life cycle out of whack, accounting for 84 percent of the
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