These data were compiled to measure airborne horizontal mass flux of sediments moved by wind across soils, climates, vegetation types, and land uses on the Colorado Plateau. Objectives of our study were to quantify spatial and temporal patterns in wind erosion and further our understanding of how so

Insect pollinators serve vital roles in natural and agricultural systems. There is a lack of long-term data on wild bee populations in North America, so standardized sampling protocols have been developed to address this need. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of 10 years of long

Community ecology and dynamics are often only thought of in terms of the processes selection and speciation. Likewise, plants are often only considered in their immobile, germinated form. However, when it comes to plant community dynamics, seeds and the seedbank are often critical in predicting comm

One of the ongoing challenges in studying the effects of global change on biodiversity is finding credible baseline data of prior conditions. The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado is located in a valley with a wide range of plant species and communities due to its diversity of

It’s common for scientists to apply experimental practices that have worked well in another study to their own studies without a complete consideration of how that manipulation may impact their system. Open-top warming chambers and pollinator exclusion bags are two such common experimental manipulat

AbstractUnderstanding concentration‐discharge (C‐Q) relationships are essential for predicting chemical weathering and biogeochemical cycling under changing climate and anthropogenic conditions. Contrasting C‐Q relationships have been observed widely, yet a mechanistic framework that can interpret d

Social relationships are composed of both positive (affiliative) and negative (agonistic) interactions, representing opposing effects. Social network theory predicts that positive relationships should be transitive; thus, the friend of a friend is more likely to be a friend. Further, when considerin

AbstractAlthough bedrock weathering strongly influences water quality and global carbon and nitrogen budgets, the weathering depths and rates within subsurface are not well understood nor predictable. Determination of both porewater chemistry and subsurface water flow are needed in order to develop

The U.S. Department of Energy's Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area (SFA), centered in the East River, Colorado, generates diverse datasets including hydrological, geological, geochemical, geophysical, ecological, microbiological and remote sensing data. The project has deployed extensive field

The identities of avian nest predators remain unknown in many systems. The Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) is a high-elevation ground-nesting passerine for which only 4 of 15 suspected nest predator species have been confirmed. In this short communication, we confirm

Daniel Burhans, Dennis Hayes, Roger Kahn

a Ph. D. in environmental planning from the University of London in England. Since 1986, Judy and he have owned a ranch property with about 240 acres of irrigated fields through which the Tomichi Creek flows. He has been remodelling and adding to a house on the property and Judy hopes he will finish

r. . ~ EFF'u.iENT TRADING i:N WATERsHEDS Achieves equal or greater reduction of pollution for the same or less cost. POUCY STATEMENT . c~ an economic incentive for d~hargers to ,go beyolld mioimum pollution reducuon and also encourages pollution prevenuon and the use of inoovative technologies. In r

Comarc Design Systems, at the request of AMAX Inc., has prepared the computer drawings of subsidence expected on Mount Emmons as a result of the mining of the Mount Emmons molybdenum deposit. The drawings show what can be expected after the deposit is depleted thirty or more years after mining begin