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Protecting monarch butterflies' winter home could mean moving hundreds of trees

Researchers are trying to shift Mexico's oyamel firs to higher elevations to help them weather warming temperatures.
  1. Giorgia Guglielmi
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To save dwindling populations of Eastern monarch butterflies, researchers in Mexico are trying something controversial: moving hundreds of fir trees 400 metres up a mountain. Their goal is to help the trees, which serve as winter habitat for the migratory butterflies, keep up with the changing climate.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00190-1

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