[SoWestLep] Fw: You have damaged bird research by your butterfly article.]

[Hank Brodkin]

Paul - I believe the experiment to which Barb refers was done by Paul 
Ehrlich.  As I recall he and his students failed to eradicate the colony of 
checkerspot they were working on.

Hank Brodkin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul opler" <paulevi at webaccess.net>
To: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin at cox.net>; "Southwest Lep group" 
<sowestlep at yahoogroups.com>; "Leps-l" <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>; "Texas 
Butterfly List" <tx-butterfly at listserv.uh.edu>; "Tils" 
<TILS-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Barb Beck" <barb at birdnut.obtuse.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [SoWestLep] Fw: You have damaged bird research by your 
butterfly article.]


> Dear Hank, Barb, et al.
>
.  I would like to straighten out one
> misinterpretation by Barb.  I have never attempted to eradicate any 
> butterfly or insect population by collecting.  I have said that several 
> such attempts with which I'm aware were met with failure. 


 
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