Deserving of much appreciation are Russell K. Murphy, who assisted in navigating the rugged field terrain, and the E. C. Lorig family of Eagle, Colorado, whose friendship, generosity, and guidance were extremely valuable

Globally and across the Western United States shifting climate regimes have the ability to propagate change throughout ecosystems and affect their associated hydrologic functions. In mountain regions, which serve as “water towers” for much of humanity, the complex interactions between vegetation and

Mammals that cope with harsh environmental conditions by hibernating show seasonal variation in body mass, as fat reserves are accumulated during summer and depleted during winter. Hence, pre-hibernation mass is often considered a key phenotypic trait in hibernating species that can be an indicator

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: integrating theoretical and empirical

EFFECTS OF EARLY SNOWMELT ON PLANT PHENOPHASE TIMING AND DURATION ACROSS AN

When to reproduce for the first time is a key question in evolutionary ecology.

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The Permian to Jurassic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau includes a number of units that were deposited under arid depositional conditions. These units each show distinctive weathering characteristics which cannot solely be attributed to variation in depositional environment or burial history. T

patient instruction by Kathy Manser in the U-Pb lab

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Investigating individual-based habitat settlement and space use decisions (i.e., how