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Time-lapse imagery in 2017 and 2018 at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado
Time-lapse imagery was collected using an automated RGB camera mounted on a pole at the base of the northeast-facing hillslope at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado. The imagery was intended to support a better understanding of plant dynamics and their controls during the g
Metagenome-assembled genomes measured at 3 depths during snowmelt period in East River, CO (March, May, and June, September 2017)
Snowmelt is a critical biogeochemical period that accounts for large nitrogen (N) export events from high-elevation watersheds. Soil microbial populations bloom and immobilize N during snowmelt, yet the population size crashes in spring, which releases a pulse of soil N. We sought to discover the N
Snow Depth Datasets for Snodgrass Catchment, Colorado, Water Year 2022-2023
This data package presents snow depths data from distributed temperature probes at 18 locations near Snodgrass catchment, Colorado. These data show that snow melt-out dates are approximately one or two weeks later under evergreen forests compared to other vegetation types even at the same elevation.
Metagenome-assembled genomes from topsoils along a hillslope water gradient across early snowmelt to late summer in East River, CO
Drought is changing the American Mountain West at unprecedented rates with unknown consequences to soil microbiome composition and function. As a part of LBNL Watershed Science Focus Area (SFA), we investigated shifts in microbial community and transcriptional activity on a subalpine conifer-meadow
The Impacts of Changing Temperature on Plant Water Use
The movement of water through a plant’s parts, out its stomata, and into the atmosphere begins with moisture available in the soil. Soil water availability is determined by rates of evaporation from the Earth’s surface, which increases with temperature. Alteration of water content determines the soi
Snowmelt Timing Leads to Plasticity and Alters Natural Selection on Leaf Traits in <i> Ipomopsis </i>
Anthropogenic climate change is altering environments, which in turn has the potential to influence plant traits (through phenotypic plasticity) and natural selection. The effect of changing climate on the strength and direction of selection remains unresolved. In this study we quantified the plasti
Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>
Ant-aphid mutualisms are keystone interactions that, if altered, have the potential to cause cascading, multitrophic effects on local arthropod and plant communities. In our study system, the flowering stalks of Ligusticum. porteri (Apiaceae) are colonized by the aphid Aphis asclepiadis, which relie
Testing for competition, facilitation, and intraguild predation between two co-dominant detritivores: the caddisfly <i> Limnephilus externus </i> and chironomid midges
Most living organic material goes through the detrital pathway. Detritovores are incredibly important in ecosystems for the recycling of nutrients and energy. This project explores the inter- and intraspecies relationships between two co-dominant detritovores that inhabit the high-elevation rocky mo
The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient
Climate change will increasingly impact ecosystem functioning due to shifts in species distributions as they seek their optimal climatic conditions. Plants rely on phenotypic plasticity of leaf traits to tolerate a change in their climate. Plant leaf traits also affect the carbon cycle of the local
Early-life trade-offs in golden-mantled ground squirrel sociality and growth rate
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) was first classified as an asocial sciurid in 1983, and little follow-up research has effectively challenged this notion since the early literature. The only recognized social behavior in the species has been documented between young l
The Impact of Carrion Insects on Human Impacted Soil
Carrion plays an important role in maintaining ecosystems and providing resources for different forms of life, returning key nutrients to the environment and serving as a food source for animals. While vertebrates who consume carrion are well studied, invertebrates are not as well studied, primarily
The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species
Within Day Temporal Variation Within Plant-Pollinator Networks
Plant-pollinator networks are useful tools for understanding species interactions and biodiversity. The structure of interactions within plant-pollinator networks have provided insight into the potential stability and persistence of ecological communities. Current studies of plant- pollinator networ
Effects of Experimental Water Addition on Floral Nectar Traits
Plant-pollinator interactions rely on the exchange of nectar and pollen for pollination services. Nectar traits can be influenced by changes in abiotic factors such as water availability, and such variation may in turn influence interactions with pollinators. This experiment investigated how the nec
Combined Effects of Aridity and Herbivory on Plant Performance
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (<i> Spermophilus lateralis </i>) and Yellow-Bellied Marmot ( <i> Marmota flaviventris </i>) Intraspecific and Interspecific Perch Use and Interaction Dynamics in Gothic, Colorado
Golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis) and yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) can both be found in abundance at high elevation meadows in the Rocky Mountains. Though different in behavior, both species inhabit and utilize the open meadows of Gothic in very similar ways.
Questions Commonly Asked About Holistic Resource Management
Center for Holistic Resource Management
Pyrolysis of Municipal Wastes
« Bioenergy Resources in MENA Countries How the Biofuel Industry is Growing in the US » Pyrolysis Pyrolysis of of Municipal Municipal Wastes Wastes By Salman Zafar | July 29, 2020 - 6:11 pm | Industrial Waste Disposal CG Environmental 24 Hour Emergency Response For Biohazard Cleanup, Decontamination
Puebloan worries about changes to river
Mary Jean Porter. The Pueblo Chieftain.
Public Welfare Language in the Water Codes and Water Laws of 17 Western States
Technical report. Covers Alaska, Arizona, California. Topics: water appropriation, public interest, public welfare, water rights. Agencies: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Arizona State Land Department. Cites 68 external works.
