April 24, 2009

ABC – Arthropods, Butterflies and Climate

This season's grand finale takes flight with Dr. Arthur Shapiro, professor of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Shapiro will share his miraculous 34 year transect across central California where he continually and regularly monitors butterfly population and trends.

These delicate creatures are “indicator species”. When they thrive – it is good news for all of us.

Come learn how butterflies live, reproduce and thrive from the Sacramento River delta, through the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains to the high desert of the western Great Basin.Explore the great biological, geological and climatological diversity of central California.

Dr. Arthur Shapiro

Dr. Arthur Shapiro started chasing butterflies as a child and today is one of the world’s foremost experts on these important pollinators. At UC Davis Shapiro has taught subjects ranging from zoology to ecology to biogeography.

Dr. Shapiro is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the California Academy of Sciences, the Royal Entomological Society of London, and the Explorers Club and has received the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and the Outstanding Adviser Award at Davis and has been a Fellow of the Davis Humanities Institute.

You can learn even more about local butterflies by visiting Dr. Shapiro’s website (http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu). There you can also download free brochures on how to garden for butterflies in the Valley or the Foothills, or request them by e-mailing the author at amshapiro@ucdavis.edu. He’ll be glad to answer questions, though, as a rule, he won’t tell you exactly where to go to find a particular species.

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Ticket Type

Member $8.00 General Public $10.00 Student $5.00

Speakers & Dates

Sept. 26th, 2008
Dr. Pamela Ronald
& Raoul Adamchak

Oct. 24th, 2008
Randy Oliver

Jan. 23rd, 2009
Dr. William Murphy

Feb. 27th, 2009
Dr. Paul Doherty

March 27th, 2009
Joshua Cunningham

April 24th, 2009
Dr. Arthur Shapiro

Time & Location

All Lectures start with live music at
7 PM

Downtown at:
Unity of Auburn
1212 High Street
Auburn, CA 95603