Climate Change, Phenological Shifts, and Species Interactions:

Coexistence of closely related species can be explained by a number of biotic and abiotic factors. In Trichoptera (caddisflies), the patterns of coexistence of the species Rhyacophila in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) has been tracked for 43 years. This study is a conti

Prediction of hydrologic response to global climate change is paramount for regions that rely upon snowpack for their dominant water supply. Temperature increases are anticipated to be greater at higher elevations perturbing headwaters systems that provide water to millions of downstream users. In t

Two new endocommensal fungi belonging to the Genistellaceae (Harpellales) were isolated in pure culture from the hindguts of Diptera larvae: Smittium culesitae from the mosquito Culesita impatiens, on a 10% brain‐heart infusion, and S. simulii from the black fly Simulium argus, on a potato dextrose‐

This investigation focused on how mutualists and antagonists affect the flowers of different sexes within the same species. My study examined plant and insect interactions in Polemonium foliosissimum to better understand the selective pressures that influenced the evolution of gynodioecy in this pla

The fitness of the non-feeding adult caddisfly, Asynarchus nigriculus is largely dependent on the accumulation of nutrients during its larval stage. The energy obtained during this time is then allocated into growth and development for the adult insect. This allocation of energy may be constrained b