Accurately monitoring tropical forest carbon stocks is an outstanding challenge. Allometric models that consider tree diameter, height and wood density as predictors are currently used in most tropical forest carbon studies. In particular, a pantropical biomass model has been widely used for approxi

Large uncertainties characterize forest development under global climate change. Although recent studies have found widespread increased tree mortality, the patterns and processes associated with tree death remain poorly understood, thus restricting accurate mortality predictions. Yet, projections o

In fire-prone ecosystems, two important alternative fates for leaves are burning in a wildfire (when alive or as litter) or they get consumed (as litter) by decomposers. The influence of leaf traits on litter decomposition rate is reasonably well understood. In contrast, less is known about the infl

While environmental factors strongly influence plant growth and reproduction, less is known about environmental effects on sexual selection and sexual conflict. In this study on mixed-mating Collinsia heterophylla we investigated whether soil resource environment affected traits associated with sexu

The relative importance of adult–yearling interaction and individual behavioral phenotypes on dispersal of yearling yellow-bellied marmots was investigated. Two marmot colonies near Gothic, Colorado, were studied; one was treated as an experimental colony from which all adults were removed, while th

Evidence is presented for plants, and by extension for animals as well, that high ploidy levels alone could (independent of breeding system) endow individuals with the ability to tolerate these ‘extreme’ environments.

We hypothesize that somatic mutations may be the cause of variability among branches within individual trees, and that this variation is sufficient to deter herbivores. We discuss two single-locus genetic models of somatic mutation and consider how the organization of meristems affects somatic mutat

Although the purpose of many drift studies is to describe quantitatively the abundance of drifting invertebrates and make comparisons between seasons or sites, almost no investigations have employed replicate sampling. We analyzed drift collections from a Rocky Mountain stream in order to investigat

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark Ivan JacobsonMark I. Jacobson, an oil exploration geophysicist, last wrote for ROCKS AND MINERALS on “A Lithium-Bearing Pegmatite in the Clear Creek District, Clear Creek County, Colorado” (Novem

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