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A 10-year survey was conducted within the pine rocklands of Everglades National Park to study the status, phenology and natural history of Strymon acis bartrami (W. Huntington and Comstock). The response of populations of this species to prescribed fires and hurricane activity within the Everglades was also noted. Strymon a. bartrami (n = 77 adults) was encountered throughout the survey, most often in the spring, but was generally uncommon. The species was slow to re-colonize recently burned pine rocklands. However, prescribed fires conducted in a cyclic pattern as well as near appropriate hostplant-bearing refugia may have aided S. a. bartrami in post-burn re-establishment. In addition, the species appeared to recover quickly after hurricane events in the Everglades.
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- butterflies
- community ecology
- conservation
- conservation
- Croton linearis
- everglades
- fire frequency
- fire management
- fire suppression
- Florida
- hurricanes
- insecticides
- insects
- lightning caused fires
- national parks
- phenology
- phenology
- population density
- post fire recovery
- reproduction
- south Florida
- storms
- Strymon acis bartrami
- threatened and endangered species (animals)
- wildlife habitat management
- wildlife refuges
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