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Extinction risk modeling predicts range-wide differences of climate change impact on Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

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Movement patterns and population characteristics of the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

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Nectar plant selection by the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

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The effect of canopy cover and seasonal change on host plant quality for the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

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Effects of warming on development rates on Karner Blue Butterfly laboratory data (2011-2012)

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Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages

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Resource segregation at fine spatial scales explains Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) distribution

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Karner blue butterfly, U, back, Indiana

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Karner blue butterfly, U, face, Indiana

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Karner blue butterfly, U, face close-up, Indiana

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Karner blue pupae, U,

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Evidence of an extreme weather‐induced phenological mismatch and a local extirpation of the endangered Karner blue butterfly

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Karner blue butterfly densities, resource densities, and resource use at Sandhill Wildlife Area, Wisconsin, 2016

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Habitat use by the endangered Karner blue butterfly in oak woodlands: The influence of canopy cover

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Resource availability, matrix quality, microclimate, and spatial pattern as predictors of patch use by the Karner blue butterfly

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Ralph Grundel

Ralph Grundel, PhD