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Impacts of Early Snowmelt on Subalpine Plant Reproduction and Survival

Principal Investigator: Elsa Godtfredsen
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Climate change; Phenology; Plant biology; Pollination; Species Interactions
Items: 73 (50 publications, 17 datasets, 6 documents)

Publications (50)

Thesis

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

2021
Article

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plants growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers

2018Global Change Biology
Thesis

Effects of snow-melt timing on three high altitude Potentilla (Rosaceae) species: growth, reproduction, and distribution

1998
Publication

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

2002
Student Paper

Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow

1998
Publication

Effects of frost on wildflowers: an unexpected consequence of climate change

2011
Student Paper

The effects of drought on subalpine floral community diversity

2021
Student Paper

The occurrence of annuals and perennials in a subalpine system

1983
Student Paper

Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient

1973
Thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006
Article

Phenology of high-altitude climates

2013Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science
Thesis

Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances

1986
Thesis

Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows

2000
Student Paper

Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site

1987
Student Paper

Summer snowpatches as high alpine resource sources: assessing potential impacts of climate change

2003
Thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019
Student Paper

Effect of altitude on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> populations

1973
Article

Effects of snowmelt timing and neighbor density on the distribution of the high altitude plant, Potentilla diversifolia

2004Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research
Student Paper

Effects of climatological factos on annual growth of shrubby species of the rocky mountains

2002
Thesis

Potential impact of climate change on the phenology and reproduction of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> (Ranunculaceae)

2000
Student Paper

The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz

1970
Article

Variation in the phenology and abundance of flowering by native and exotic plants in subalpine meadows

2010Biological Invasions
Student Paper

How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow

1982
Student Paper

A long-term study on the effects of temporal variation in precipitation on the flowering behavior of <i>Androsace septentrionalis</i> L. (Primulaceae)

1997
Student Paper

Production and productivity in an alpine tundra ecosystem

1980
Student Paper

A comparison of vegetational maturity and succession rates in an avalanche area

1996
Student Paper

The reproductive outputs of <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i> at differing elevations

1995
Student Paper

The effect of a snow drift on temperature and plant growth

1973
Student Paper

Comparisons of invertebrate populations of the herb layers of the alpine and subalpine zones

1947
Article

Factors in recovery of subalpine vegetation studied (Colorado)

1992Restoration and Management Notes
Student Paper

Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows

1973
Student Paper

Trapping the litter: a negative feedback of climate change in the litter quality of montane vegetation in the Rocky Mountains

2008
Student Paper

Effects of avalanche intensity on <i>Populus tremuloides</i> density

1995
Thesis

Timing is everything: Phenological change and the implications for plants, pollinators and their interactions.

2015
Thesis

The role of fly pollination in montane habitats

1990
Student Paper

A comparison of the effects of predispersal seed predation on seed set of three Rocky Mountain plant species in the sun and shade

1983
Student Paper

Adaptations in <i>Mertensia bakerii</i> to alpine habitat

1971
Article

Microclimate amelioration may be critical to recovery of subalpine ecosystems (Colorado)

1993Restoration and Management Notes
Student Paper

The impact of artificially creating an elk wintering ground on plant species diversity

1990
Thesis

Adaptation, assisted migration, and extinction in a warming world: Understanding the response of <i>Androsace septentrionalis</i> to climate change through climate manipulation and transplant experiments

2017
Student Paper

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

1992
Student Paper

Vascular plant species of talus slope and their dispersal patterns

1996
Student Paper

Interspecific competition in Rocky Mountain meadow flora

1983
Thesis

Global climate change and ecosystem carbon storage: an experimental investigation of ecologically-mediated feedbacks to climate in montane meadows

1998
Student Paper

Effects of Weather on Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow Reproductive Success

2015
Book

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming

2019
Student Paper

Variations in montane meadow flora (especially <i>Poa interior</i>) with moisture

1973
Article

Early snowmelt projected to cause population decline in a subalpine plant

2019PNASDOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820096116
Article

Variation in timing and abundance of flowering by <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> Huth (Ranunculaceae): the roles of snowpack, frost, and La Niña, in the context of climate change

2002Oecologia
Student Paper

The effects of cattle grazing on montane meadows

1990

Datasets (17)

Dataset

Data from: The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kd1r166
Dataset

Data from: Reproductive losses due to climate change-induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.863c8sk
Dataset

Frost sensitivity of leaves and flowers of subalpine plants is related to tissue type and phenology

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.v4cv6
Dataset

Data from: Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022DOI: 10.7280/D1D99J
Dataset

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: Does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2021DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3301874.v1
Dataset

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023DOI: 10.6078/D1342B
Dataset

Plant height and species information

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/2
Dataset

Experimental frost damage data for eight subalpine plant species

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.v4cv6/1
Dataset

Experimental test of the combined effects of water availability and flowering time on pollinator visitation and seed set

2023DOI: 10.7280/D16D7Z
Dataset

Colorado Elevation Gradient Snowmelt Manipulation Plant Phenology 2017-2018.

2023DOI: 10.15485/1842905
Dataset

Osmia_iridis_summer_duration_expt_2014-15

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/2
Dataset

Operational sex ratio analyses (R script)

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/20
Dataset

Data from: Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p
Dataset

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33410
Dataset

Microclimate observations associated with snowmelt experiment gradient sites, East River, Colorado, 2017 to 2020

2021DOI: 10.15485/1842907
Dataset

Data from: Early snowmelt projected to cause population decline in a subalpine plant

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3mp7f6f
Dataset

Changing climate drives divergent and nonlinear shifts in flowering phenology across elevations

2020DOI: 10.17632/k6p34z78x9.1