Are these "lager populations"  derived from beer drinking birds or does hops
have a role in their diets?

Dave Pardoe
Columbia, MD





On 3/17/05 9:45 AM, "Speicher, James (NIH/NIAID)" <>
wrote:

> Allow me:
> 
> Relictual (root word is relict) populations are remnants of once lager
> populations.  This occurs when the environment changes either as a result of
> natural or man-made processes.  The environment of the higher elevations of
> W-MD and W-VA are equivalent to that of mid to northern Canada.  At the time
> of the last ice age this environment was widespread in our region, but as
> things warmed up the cool environment plants and the animals depending on
> them were forced to retreat to ever-higher terrain and now exist only in the
> highest elevations in our area.
> 
> Regal Fritillaries are a species of butterfly
> 
> Jim Speicher
> Jspeicher-at-niaid.nih.gov
> Rockville @work :(
> Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)