Claim · #6495206
Colias eurytheme · herbivory · Medicago sativa
herbivory · effect: context_dependent
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“temperature drives voltinism shifts in pierid butterflies”
- Authors
- Halsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Voltinism shifts in Pieridae under warming are documented (Forister, Altermatt); altered timing with alfalfa cropping cycles is biologically credible though inferred.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Colias eurytheme voltinism is temperature-driven; warming-induced extra generations on alfalfa is consistent with degree-day models and field observations.”
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