Source rock characterization of the Green River oil shale, Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado
The Green River Formation in Piceance Creek basin is estimated to have the largest oil shale deposits in the world today, and it also provides a classic model for lacustrine source rock deposition.Based on study of facies associations, depositional trends, and basin-scale correlations, a sequence st
The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology
Key to the Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) family in the Gunnison Basin
The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>
The phenology of plants in the alpine environment of the Rocky Mountains is heavily dependent on snowmelt time (Inouye and McGuire 1991, Thomson 2010). In this study we have manipulated the timing of snowmelt in order to change the phenology of Delphinium nuttallianum in the subalpine environment of
Living in the Cold: Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations
The ant and the sunflower
Effects of bacterial endophytes on plant-insect interactions
Insects must interact with bacterial endophytes when sharing a common host. To test the hypothesis that larvae of Scaptomyza nigrita detects and prefers Cardamine cordifolia infected with different strains of Pseudomonas bacteria. Thus, unitizing the JA/SA induced antagonism. When given the choice b
Comparison of vegetation on granodiorite and limestone outcrops on similarly facing slopes near south bank of Judd's Falls
The Gothic Muse and Meta-Gothic Moment: Afterword to Russian Gothic Forum
Abstract The afterword offers an additional discussion related to the initial debate posed by the new developments in Russian Gothic as a special kind of literary genre. This article reviews, contextualizes and traces connections between the essays on Russian Gothic in this edition by Jeffrey Brooks
Reservoir Memory Complicates Water Management in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Annual seed catalog. garden, field and grass seeds. Season 1917
SEED TRADE have conditions been so complicated as they are today.The greatest of all wars has been raging for the past two and one-half years, and the end is as far off, apparently, as it was two years ago.The countries that have supplied us with the bulk of our seeds in the past are engaged in a de
Aspen-grassland ecotone near Gothic, Colorado. I. The study of succession using permanent quadrats. II. Environmental factors in aspen sprout survival
Bumblebee foraging: energetic consequences of using a threshold departure rule
A study of distribution and succession of bryophyta and lichen in a specific microhabitat
The value of dihydrogen monoxide to a jumping mouse: habitat use and preference in <i>Zapus princeps</i>.
The western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps is common in riparian habitat. There are multiple hypotheses (need for water, food type, or anti-predator/cover) for why this is. The objective of this project was to determine the use of mesic and adjacent drier habitats by Zapus using both a live-trapping
Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor
This study examined interspecific competition between mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) and Lincoln’s sparrows (Melospiza lincolnii) through a playback experiment. Interspecific competitive interactions influence avian fitness by affecting the distribution of species
Genetic distances and taxonomy of checkerspot butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
Plant size influences mycorrhizal colonization of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the relationship between the different genders of the gynodioecious species P. foliosissimum and their mycorrhizal associates. Mcyorrhizal colonization of roots was quantified, and soil and plant tissue analyses were performed. Further, a full factor