Question

Recent studies on the impacts of climate change have found that many early spring butterflies are emerging earlier now than they did 100 years ago. Many early spring flowers have also been found to be blooming earlier than they did 100 years ago. However, bird species that prey on the butterflies have not been found to hatch any earlier. Which of the following is most likely true based on this information?

A) Butterfly populations will decline as a result result of temporal mismatch with flowers.
B) Bird populations will decline temporal mismatch with butterflies.
C) All three species likely timet events based on temperature.
D) Only butterflies and birds lik spring life events based on temperature,

Answer 1

B) Bird populations will decline temporal mismatch with butterflies.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bird populations will decreases due to mismatch with butterflies due to climate change because the birds feed on these butterflies for their survival and when they are not present they will die and decrease in population. The population of butterflies did not decreases but increases due to availability of food in the form of nectar from the flowers. If these flowers also blooms later and mismatch with the butterflies so the population of butterflies also decreases.