"dire straits faced by most of our butterfly fauna"

[Gary Anweiler]

Wow - it is nice to see how much people appreciated this paper by Shapiro 
via Paul.

I enjoyed it to, but was under the impression that Paul thought it was more 
or less another piece of doomsday crap.

Goes to show you how much I know, not ?.

Gary Anweiler


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Dana" <Robert.Dana at dnr.state.mn.us>
To: "Leps-L" <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: "dire straits faced by most of our butterfly fauna"


>A very informative, well-written piece. Thanks for posting it.
>
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>>>> Paul Cherubini <monarch at saber.net> 4/29/07 3:06 AM >>>
> Dr. Arthur M. Shapiro, professor of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis,
> is in the news this Spring again with yet another doomsday newspaper
> article in regards to butterfly abundance and diversity in the southern
> Sacramento Valley of California:
> http://www.dailydemocrat.com/areanews/ci_5780407
> This time Shapiro fully authored the article so there can be no doubt
> about what he said or meant.
>
> Professor Shapiro's article is abundantly laced with worrisome,
> emotion stirring terminology and phases like: "serious trouble", "most
> alarming trend", "last year was catastrophic","dire straits", "grim
> outcome", "obviously in trouble", "most likely villain",
> "is the crisis over? Hardly.", "highway to Hell." See below.
>
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