IGN 1-2 - Can I light a fire to save those damn butter flies?

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
316, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
Nick M. Haddad1, Heather Cayton2, Erica H. Henry3 and Elsita Kiekebusch2, (1)Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Applied Ecology, NC State University, (3)Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Smell the thick smoke, see the low fire, and walk with wet feet. Not what you would expect in places to save butter flies. With no fire or water, these animals are done. No fire or water means many trees, no sun, and no food. To get sun and food, we light fires, cut trees, and make standing water. Once the land is wet and has light, animals eat and make more animals. We help even more by growing animals in a glass house. These are set free in new areas, a happy group in numbers that will grow.