Vascular Plants curated within the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Herbarium. Specimens date to 1929 and are primarily from the East River and upper Gunnison basin.

Mammal collection housed at The Rocky Mountain Bioloagical Laboratory. Most specimens are student preparations from Mammalogy course taught at RMBL since ca. 1949.

The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL; Colorado, USA) is the site for many research projects spanning decades, taxa, and research fields from ecology to evolutionary biology to hydrology and beyond. Climate is the focus of much of this work and provides important context for the rest. There

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.

Plant-pollinator networks are intricate systems that can give insight on a location’s biodiversity and response to environmental changes. By studying pollination networks at different elevations, researchers can evaluate how varying environmental conditions influence how plant and pollinator species

Coexistence of closely related species can be explained by a number of biotic and abiotic factors. In Trichoptera (caddisflies), the patterns of coexistence of the species Rhyacophila in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) has been tracked for 43 years. This study is a conti

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

Hydrocarbon production from shale has become a main energy source for the United States. Consequently, an increased knowledge of the petrophysical properties of shale such as porosity, permeability, tortuosity, and fluid-rock interactions (e.g., contact angle, imbibition) will improve production eff

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Snowfall, temperature and wind are three factors that quickly change avalanche conditions. Ridge-top winds have been used to assess avalanche conditions with mixed success due to high variability. Few analyses have tested the effect upper atmospheric winds have on avalanche conditions. This study at

Much is known about bee pollination, but there is little information concerning pollination by syrphid flies. Syrphid flies are also important to study because they are the most significant flower visiting Dipteran insects, which are the second most important order among flower-visiting and flower-p

Changes in species distributions across elevations can be responses to anthropogenic climate disruption. Movement of species to higher elevations can result in local extirpations and colonization that could escalate and critically endanger native species. Studying systems that have experienced histo

Studies of predation traditionally focus on how predators influence prey communities and prey population oscillations via mortality. Studies carried out for nearly 40 years in one place have enabled us to evaluate the gener- ality of this focus. Early observations in one high-altitude, rocky-bottom

Studies of predation traditionally focus on how predators influence prey communities and prey population oscillations via mortality. Studies carried out for nearly 40 years in one place have enabled us to evaluate the gener- ality of this focus. Early observations in one high-altitude, rocky-bottom

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