Ep. 409 - Butterflies in a Changing World
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Butterflies and plants are inextricably linked. It stands to reason then that if you want healthy butterfly populations, you first need plant diversity on the landscape. Join me and Dr. Katy Prudic as we explore her research into how we can better manage the human environment, especially in suburban and urban areas, to be good habitat for butterflies. Learn how citizen science opportunities are helping her and her colleagues understand everything from the impact of climate change and the presence of botanical gardens on butterfly diversity. This episode was produced in part by Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.2 | Indefensibleplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? Before we begin, I just want to say, if you like this show and you enjoy listening to it for free, maybe consider supporting it by becoming a patron over at patreon.com slash In Defensive Plants. I could not put this podcast out each and every week |
| 0:22.5 | if it wasn't for the support of my patrons, so consider supporting it today. But this episode is |
| 0:28.3 | super exciting because we are talking about butterflies and what it takes to do better by these |
| 0:33.9 | wonderful little winged beauties. Obviously, butterflies are as tied to plants as they are each other. |
| 0:40.3 | And what we do with plants, and especially the way we manage plants in the built environment, |
| 0:44.7 | really, really matters, especially when you consider the impacts of climate change. |
| 0:49.8 | Joining us to talk about this is entomologist Dr. Katie Prudik, |
| 0:53.3 | who engages a lot of community scientists |
| 0:55.6 | in the process of researching all of the wonderful questions she comes up with. I don't want to |
| 1:00.0 | take any time away from what she has to say, so let's just jump right into it without further |
| 1:04.2 | ado. Here's my conversation with Dr. Katie Prudik. I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:26.0 | All right, Dr. Katie Prudik, I am so excited to have you on the podcast today. |
| 1:28.4 | I'm really interested to get your perspective on things. |
| 1:31.6 | But for those that don't know your work, let's start off with an introduction. |
| 1:34.3 | Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:37.2 | Let's see. |
| 1:39.1 | That's an unloaded question, I feel. But in this case, as a professor, I'm a professor of in the wildlife group at the University of Arizona. |
| 1:47.1 | I study butterfly conservation and management, how we can make the lives of butterflies and other |
| 1:53.4 | pollinators better, especially in a quickly changing world. So I use a variety of data sources, |
| 1:59.7 | and one of them is community science or citizen science |
| 2:03.3 | to help inform policy and management decisions for butterflies and other insects in both |
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