A dataset listing the 1870 species recorded in GBIF matching the query: { "DatasetKey" : [ "is Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory" ] } The dataset's 1870 records were derived from 1 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0084094-240626123714530/datasets/export for de

Season length and its associated variables can influence the expression of social behaviors, including the occurrence of eusociality in insects. Among bees, ants, and wasps, social behaviors can vary widely across environmental gradients, both within and between different species. While numerous the

Results from Gold et al. submitted to Earth's Future. All code to reproduce the experiment and make the figures can be found here: https://github.com/davidfgold/Gold-etal_2024_EarthsFuture For a detailed guide to data in this repository, see the README.txt file. Shortage output from .xdd files gener

Habitat restoration efforts to conserve wildlife species are often conducted along a range of local site conditions, with limited information available to gauge relative outcomes for habitat suitability among sites and identify those that may lead to the greatest returns on restoration investment. W

Mount Lamborn, a granodiorite laccolith in the West Elk Mountains, provides a useful

Stage-based population models are an important tool for quantifying the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on populations. Within studies of plant demography and life history, measuring and predicting biomass is an essential tool used to better understand a plant’s health and reproductive succe

Dispersal is integral to the ecology and evolution of communities. Dispersal affects bacterial communities by impacting bacterial composition and diversity in many environments. One such environment is floral organs. Flowers are nutrient-rich environments for diverse and abundant microbes. Floral mi

This study investigated the impact of water availability and snowmelt timing on the species ​Ipomopsis aggregata. ​We looked to discover if ​I. aggregata’​ s traits were plastic, and if that plasticity was adaptive. The two questions we aimed to answer were: How does timing of snowmelt and level of

Dispersal, the movement of individual from their natal site to breeding sites or between breeding sites, is one of many mechanisms that species establish to increase the gene flow among population. Population density, which associates with competition, can have a great effect on the dispersal rate t

Microclimate is an incredibly important factor in understanding how organisms behave and interact with their environment. Microclimate is defined as climate on a very small spatial resolution, referring to areas that may have differing climates than their surrounding macroclimate. Depending on the c

Climate change effects the timing of phenology, which can have consequences on plants and their pollinators. A critical reason for this is due to early snowmelt. However, there are other variables that could affect phenology. In heterogenous environments, plants could be buffered by these variables,

Bumble bees are crucial pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. For effective conservation of this important group of pollinators, it is essential to understand their basic ecology, such as their interactions with floral food resources. In this study, we used a long-term dataset (5

The biogeography of soil microbial communities is changing in response to increased anthropogenic disturbance, such as climate change. However, the response patterns of microbes to these rapid and accelerating changes is poorly quantified, especially when compared with our understanding of macroscop

This research aims to clarify the timing and mechanics behind a sixty kilometer- wide Bull’s Eye of exhumation in Colorado’s Elk and West Elk mountains that took place about 15-8 million years ago (Ma). To do this, I use the apatite (U-Th)/He low temperature thermochronology (AHe) technique to study

Floral rewards are crucial for plant reproductive success and pollinator survival. Although nectar volumes and sugar concentrations have been quantified for many species of flowering plants, many questions remain regarding sources of intraspecific and interspecific variation, including the effects o

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Harnessing the power of algae: new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost-effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed by

The Gunnison Valley Sage Grouse Strategic Committee for the County of Gunnison, Colorado is requesting that your agency help complete a Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Habitat Treatment/Improvement for the Gunnison Basin Population of Gunnison Sage-grouse. This Committee was created by the