This is a map of temporal variability in accumulated snow-free freezing potential (freezing degree days, FDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily minimum temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estimates of the timin

This is a map of accumulated snow-free growing potential (snow-free growing degree days, SFGDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily maximum air temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estimates of the timing of seaso

This is a map of accumulated snow-free freezing potential (freezing degree days, FDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily minimum temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estimates of the timing of seasonal snowpack d

This is a map of temporal variability in accumulated fall snow-free freezing potential (snow-free freezing degree days, SFFDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily minimum temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estim

February 19, 2019.

Laura Fox and Jeremy Bluma. December 20, 2017, January 12, 2018, and January 24, 2018.

Please also see the document, “Library-Spring 2018 Proposed Budget.” | am proposing the Gunnison Sustainable Living Library project is funded with $2587.12 for the Spring 2018 semester. THINGS YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE BUDGET - Ayodeji Oluwafana: pending approval of course, Ayodeji could help me this s

Luke Danielson. Sustainable Development Strategies Group. February 23, 2018.

At the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL), road dust is easily dispersed by vehicle transportation and can travel 200 meters from the road. A previous study found that road dust had an ecological impact on several species of common wildflowers at the RMBL, including scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a critical chemical attribute of freshwater systems, affecting nutrient availability, toxicity and solubility of metals, and biological activity via the absorption of light and microbial consumption of O2 during DOC mineralization. Although DOC contributions to stre

Plant-pollinator networks have been shown to have a general structure that is constant across time and geographic range. However, the identities of the plants and pollinators within these networks and the ways in which they interact are highly variable. We investigated a possible mechanism for this

American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) inhabit patches of conifer trees, relying upon the cones for food. They stockpile cones in middens, which are large piles of cones at the base of trees, and exhibit territorial behavior (alarm and warning calls) to protect their midden from squirrels

We investigated nutrient limitation in high elevation ponds in the Gothic, Colorado, USA area and whether it varied with elevation and/or degree of permanence. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are often the key limiting nutrients in aquatic systems that regulate algal biomass (Pick & Lean 1987; Heo &

In order for sociality to exist, the benefits must outweigh the costs. Benefits include better territorial defense, co-operative foraging, and predator avoidance. Costs include increased disease transmission, intraspecific competition for resources or mates, and reproductive suppression. One way to

Nest-site selection is important in the determination of nest success in several bird species (Holway 1991, Wells and Fuhlendorf 2005). Birds that nest in high elevation breeding sites are under greater environmental stress, making it even more crucial for individuals to choose nest microclimates th

Rising global temperatures are predicted to alter community dynamics by shifting species ranges and altering biotic interactions. Herbivory is expected to increase with prolonged growing seasons and heightened animal metabolic rates; pathogen damage may increase as well. Thus, we investigated whethe

Group size effects, whereby animals allocate less time to antipredator vigilance as a function of increasing group sizes are widely reported in many taxa, but group size is but one of many social attributes that could increase a individual’s sense of security. Indeed, meta-analyses suggest that grou

This study aims to explore the exciting mysteries of road dust. In the beautiful Rocky Mountains, at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in western Colorado, there is an amazing diversity of plants, but one in particular near unpaved roads is Ipomopsis aggregata, Scarlet gilia, a perennial flow