Knowledge Neighborhoods

Investigates the cooling and exhumation history of western Colorado's Elk Mountains using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology to constrain the timing of river incision and landscape evolution in the upper Colorado drainage basin.

Connects large-scale climate signals like the North Atlantic Oscillation to local animal population dynamics through long-term demographic trapping datasets collected at stream habitats.

Combines ensemble forecasting and remote sensing methods to model and validate habitat quality for riparian species including alder, a rare buckwheat, and yellow-billed cuckoo across western Colorado landscapes.

Explores genetic structure, inbreeding, and optimal outcrossing distances in alpine wildflowers using transect-based seed sampling and F-statistics to understand gene flow and reproductive fitness across populations.