The timing of seasonal events such as flowering and migration is changing as the climate warms, reshuffling the order in which such events take place each year. Now research sheds light on the causes of changes in the timing of butterfly emergence.
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Wilson, R., Roy, D. Butterflies reset the calendar. Nature Clim Change 1, 101–102 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1087
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