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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Zoology

Background:

  • Seasonal elevational migrations are crucial for species' life-history evolution and adaptation to environmental shifts.
  • Evidence for invertebrate migrations and their drivers remains limited, hindering conservation efforts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate seasonal abundance patterns of Gonepteryx rhamni in central Spain.
  • To test hypotheses explaining elevational migration: resource limitation, physiological constraints, and habitat limitation.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzed abundance and elevational distribution of overwintering and summer adult butterflies over multiple years (2006-2012).
  • Correlated butterfly distribution with host plant density, flower availability, temperature, and forest cover.

Main Results:

  • Overwintering adult abundance correlated positively with host plant density; elevational distribution was stable.
  • Summer adult distribution varied, linked to cooler temperatures (3°C lower than breeding sites), forest cover, and host plant density.
  • Summer migration drivers differed annually, aligning with physiological and habitat limitation hypotheses.

Conclusions:

  • Downhill migration in winter is resource-driven; uphill migration in summer is influenced by temperature and habitat.
  • Climate change poses a risk to elevational migrant populations by altering seasonal habitats and their connectivity.