Skip to main content

R M B LData Hub›Knowledge Commonsv0.2

Publications Datasets Documents Stories

Frontiers Neighborhoods Authors Species Concepts Protocols Places Projects

Waiting for the snow to melt…

science.OUTSIDE.

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory · Gothic, Colorado · founded 1928. A non-profit field station for long-term ecological research.

Tools

Data Hub Spatial Data Platform Browser Weather and Climate Dashboard Gothic webcam billy barr’s snow records pySDP rSDP RMBL Compute Hub Bloom Forecast

Connect

GitHub · rmbl-sdp RMBL main site ikb@rmbl.org

P.O. Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224 · (970) 349-7231 · RMBL is a Colorado non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status. RMBL is an equal opportunity service provider and employer and operates under permit from the USDA Forest Service, Gunnison National Forest. Support for the Knowledge Commons provided by the Clark Family Foundation.

© 2026 Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.rmblknowledgecommons.org

environmental harshness — RMBL Knowledge Commons

← Back to Conceptsphenomenon

environmental harshness

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 33 entities)

View in full graph →

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on environmental harshness with 33 nodes and 112 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Ligusticum porteri, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Parus major, Urocitellus columbianus.

Definition

Degree of environmental stress affecting survival and reproduction, differing between elevational sites

Related Terms (2)

harsh environmentenvironmental conditions

Publications (2)

Older mothers produce more successful daughters.

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of the United Statesmeasured

Community assembly and food web interactions across pond permanence gradients

Related Concepts (8)

transgenerational plasticity

phenomenon2 shared papers

slow-fast continuum

framework1 shared paper

pond hydroperiod

phenomenon1 shared paper

reproductive senescence

process1 shared paper

nonconsumptive effects

process1 shared paper

community composition

measurement1 shared paper

diet breadth

metric1 shared paper

trade-offs in habitat use

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae1 paper

Oreamnos americanus

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sciuridae1 paper

mountain goat

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae1 paper

House wren

Song sparrow

Mus musculus

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae1 paper

Mus musculus domesticus