Measuring predation in the wild is hard. @mherberstein.bsky.social
We compared wing damage, artificial replicas, and bird surveys in Australian butterfly communities.
Methods were complementary — together they better estimate predation risk.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Abstract. Predation pressure is a major force driving the evolution of anti-predatory traits, yet quantifying its intensity in the wild remains difficult.
