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Migration dilemma
phenological mismatchsnowpack persistenceCrested ButteColoradoRocky MountainsRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryTurdus migratoriusMarmota flaviventris
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Global warming is sending mixed signals to creatures that live in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Earlier springs have encouraged robins to migrate to breeding grounds high in the mountains earlier, and marmots to wake sooner from hibernation. But the snow is not disappearing from the ground any ea
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