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North America
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Scale:
national
Elevation:
2000m
Habitat:
forests, meadows, subalpine meadows, high desert, mixed forest ecosystems, high elevations, Continental scale multiple biomes, freshwater wetlands, lowland to alpine habitats, alpine and montane environments, multiple wetland types
Also known as:
northern North America
Papers:
89 |
Mentions:
139
Child Places (28)
102°W longitude
named point
1 papers
Arctic Cordillera
bioregion
1 papers
Canada
country
31 papers
Central
region
1 papers
Great Basin
study site
19 papers
Great Plains
region
9 papers
Hudson Plain
bioregion
1 papers
Minnesota
state
5 papers
North American Great Plains
region
1 papers
North American Intermountain West
region
1 papers
North American Monsoon region
region
1 papers
North American craton
valley
1 papers
Northeast
region
4 papers
Northwest Coast
region
1 papers
Pacific North West
region
1 papers
Pacific Northwest
region
6 papers
Pacific coast
region
5 papers
Southeast
region
2 papers
Texas
state
14 papers
US border
named point
1 papers
USA
country
95 papers
United States
country
50 papers
Upper Midwest
region
3 papers
West
region
1 papers
northeastern North America
region
3 papers
southern Appalachian Mountains
region
1 papers
western Appalachia
region
1 papers
western North American mountains
region
21 papers
Publications (89)
article
Range-wide study in a sexually polymorphic wild strawberry reveals climatic and soil associations of sex ratio, sexual dimorphism and sex chromosomes
2025
Journal of Ecology
primary study site
article
Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community
2025
American Journal of Botany
reference location
article
Adaptation and gene flow are insufficient to rescue a montane plant under climate change
2025
Science
mentioned
article
Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin
2025
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
reference site
article
Warming disrupts plant–fungal endophyte symbiosis more severely in leaves than roots
2025
Global Change Biology
reference location
student_paper
Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae
2025
mentioned
article
Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species
2025
New Phytologist
mentioned
article
Molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter reflects macroecological patterns in river networks
Datasets (9)
dataset
Herbarium-Derived Phenological Data in North America
2023
study site
dataset
Malaise_trap_ReadME.txt
2023
study site
dataset
Malaise_trap_ReadME.txt
2023
study site
other
Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1
2022
study site
other
Snowmelt Timing Maps Derived from MODIS for North America, Version 2, 2001-2018
2020
study site
other
Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4
2020
study site
dataset
Data from: No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host
2019
study site
dataset
Data from: Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth
2017
study site
dataset
Data from: Evolution of the leaf economics spectrum in herbs: evidence from environmental divergences in leaf physiology across Helianthus (Asteraceae)
Documents (36)
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
2021
subject area
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened
2010
reference area
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List a Distinct Population Segment of the Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta) in the Lower Colorado River Basin
2009
reference area
Document
Beavers in North Elk Meadows
2009
reference area
Document
Newsleaf: A Publication for Members of Cincinati Nature Center Volume 42 No. 4
2008
reference area
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Gunnison's Prairie Dog as Threatened or Endangered
2006
reference area
Document
Signed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances with its included Certifcate of Inclusion template for Gunnison Sage Grouse
2006
reference area
Document
Oil Shale/Tan Sands Newspaper Clippings 2005 & 2006
Species Studied Here
Beetles
32 shared papers
fish and wildlife
26 shared papers
Bacteria
18 shared papers
Castor canadensis
Castoridae
17 shared papers
Lepidoptera
17 shared papers
Coleoptera
Liaoximordellidae
16 shared papers
Bombus
Apidae
16 shared papers
Populus
Salicaceae
13 shared papers
Hymenoptera
13 shared papers
Spiders
13 shared papers
2025
Scientific Reports
primary study site
student_paper
What are parasitoid wasps visiting Helianthella quinquenervis targeting, and could they influence plant fitness and reproduction?
2024
mentioned
student_paper
The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis
2024
mentioned
student_paper
The Effects of Early Snowmelt on Drought Stress in Subalpine Plant Species
2024
reference location
article
Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation
2024
Geophysical Research Letters
study site
student_paper
The Effects of Temperature and N:P Ratios on Didymo Algae Growth
2024
reference location
chapter
Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change
2024
Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological Responses
study site
article
Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species
2023
Journal of Animal Ecology
mentioned
article
Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model
2023
Geoscientific Model Development
study site
article
Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy
2023
Science Advances
study site
student_paper
How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates
2023
mentioned
article
Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America
2023
Ecology
primary study site
article
The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign
2023
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
reference site
article
Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects
2023
Ecological Monographs
mentioned
article
Understanding the Hydrogeochemical Response of a Mountainous Watershed Using Integrated Surface-Subsurface Flow and Reactive Transport Modeling
2022
Water Resources Research
reference site
article
The effects of spatial and temporal resolution of gridded meteorological forcing on watershed hydrological responses
2022
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
study site
article
Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation
2022
Environmental Entomology
primary study site
thesis
Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change
2022
reference site
article
Cold adaptation drives population genomic divergence in the ecological specialist,
Drosophila montana
2021
Molecular Ecology
primary study site
article
Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (
Populus tremuloides
)
2021
Ecological Applications
reference location
article
A deep learning hybrid predictive modeling (HPM) approach for estimating evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration
2021
Hydrology and Earth Systems Science
study site
article
The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period
2021
Journal of Quaternary Science
primary study site
article
Nanda-Hamner Curves Show Huge Latitudinal Variation but No Circadian Components in
Drosophila Montana
Photoperiodism
2021
Journal of Biological Rhythms
secondary site
article
Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee
Halictus rubicundus
(Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
2021
Journal of Chemical Ecology
primary study site
student_paper
The effect of cytotype on radial growth rate in quaking aspen (
Populus tremuloides
) across environmental gradients
2021
mentioned
thesis
Expanding in-stream flow rights as a mechanism for water conservation and aquatic ecosystem preservation
2021
study site
thesis
Biotic interactions at species’ range limits in a changing climate
2021
study site
article
Phosphorus Speciation in Atmospherically Deposited Particulate Matter and Implications for Terrestrial Ecosystem Productivity
2020
Environmental Science & Technology
reference site
article
Didymosphenia geminata
blooms are not exclusively driven by low phosphorus under experimental conditions
2020
Hydrobiologia
reference location
article
Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees
2020
Biological Conservation doi 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821
reference location
article
Modeling transient soil moisture limitations on microbial carbon respiration
2019
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
study site
article
The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (
Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha
) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (
Callospermophilus lateralis
) and long-tailed weasel (
Mustela frenata
)
2019
The Wilson J. of Ornithology
reference location
student_paper
The effect of 10 years of repeat lethal sampling on wild bee abundance
2019
mentioned
article
Multiple models and experiments underscore large uncertainty in soil carbon dynamics
2018
Biogeochemistry
mentioned
student_paper
Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species
2018
mentioned
article
Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species
2018
Journal of Biogeography
primary study site
article
Building up Biogeography: Pattern to Process
2018
Journal of Biogeography
mentioned
article
A model for leaf temperature decoupling from air temperature
2018
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
primary study site
article
Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber
2017
Oikos
reference location
article
Blooms of benthic diatoms in phosphorus-poor streams
2017
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
reference location
article
Phenological shifts of native and invasive species under climate change: insights from the
Boechera Lythrum
model
2017
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
primary study site
student_paper
The Role of
Castilleja spp.
In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates
2017
mentioned
thesis
Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of
Populus tremuloides
Michx. with Climate
2017
study site
student_paper
Testing for the genetic basis of cold tolerance in a wild mustard
2016
reference location
article
Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change
2016
Journal of Pollination Ecology
primary study site
article
Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming
2016
Nature
study site
article
Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth
2016
Ecology Letters
primary study site
student_paper
Environmental Correlates and Fitness Consequences of a Flower Color Polymorphism in Boechera stricta.
2015
mentioned
article
Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review
2015
Open Journal of Forestry
mentioned
article
Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories
2015
Advances in Ecological Research
study site
article
Response to Bergey and Spaulding
2015
BioScience
mentioned
student_paper
Floral herbivory: a possible mechanism maintaining a flower color polymorphism in a selfing species, Boechera stricta.
2015
reference location
article
Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?
2014
Journal of Vegetation Science
study site
article
Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate
2014
Functional Ecology
reference location
thesis
Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in
Colias
butterlies
2014
reference location
student_paper
Field validation of a distribution model for the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris).
2014
reference location
article
Using economic instruments to develop effective management of invasive species: insights from a bioeconomic model
2013
Ecological Applications
reference site
thesis
Revisiting Edward R. Warren: A Century of Beaver
Castor canadensis
Occupancy near Crested Butte, Colorado
2013
reference site
thesis
The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change
2012
reference site
thesis
Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators
2012
study site
student_paper
Ant presences alter plants: The impact
Formica obscuripes
presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity
2011
referenced
article
Mining the plant-insect interface with a leafmining
Drosophila
of
Arabidopsis
2011
Molecular Ecology
mentioned
article
Can rarefaction be used to estimate song repertoire size in birds?
2011
Current Zoology
mentioned
other
Mosquitoes: more likely nectar thieves than pollinators
2010
reference location
student_paper
Dispersal, phenology and habitat preference of subalpine whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrinus)
2010
reference location
article
The effects of phenological mismatches on demography
2010
Phil Trans Royal Society B
mentioned
student_paper
Effect of diatom,
Didymosphenia geminata
, on Invertebrate Abundance and Composition in Rocky Mountain Streams
2009
mentioned
article
Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006
2009
Global Change Biology
primary study site
article
Mantle convection and the recent evolution of the Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande Rift valley
2008
Geology
reference location
article
Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots
2008
Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of Life
mentioned
article
Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in CO, USA
2008
Plant Ecology
reference site
article
Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds
2006
Animal Behaviour
primary study site
article
Inter-specific variation in avian responses to human disturbance
2005
Journal of Applied Ecology
study region
article
Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
2004
Nature
primary study site
article
Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle,
Nicrophorus investigator
2002
Canadian Journal of Zoology
mentioned
article
Assessing the quality of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly
2001
Oecologia
mentioned
article
Molecular-functional studies of adaptive genetic variation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
2000
Annual Review of Genetics
mentioned
chapter
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management
1999
primary study region
chapter
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management
1999
primary study region
article
Vascular Plants of the Gothic Area
1993
mentioned
article
Seasonal variation in the intensity of competition and predation among dragonfly larvae
1989
Ecology
mentioned
article
Patterns in plant parthenogenesis
1985
Experientia
secondary site
2015
study site
2005
context
Document
Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocerucus minimus) between the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2005
reference area
Document
Beaver Re-introduction
2004
reference area
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx
2003
reference area
Document
Water Rights 2001- Part 1
2001
reference area
Document
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule
2000
reference area
Document
The Conquest of Guanella Pass
1999
context
Document
Gunnison Country Hunting Guide
1998
reference area
Document
Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado
1998
reference area
Document
The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program
1997
reference area
Document
Constructed Wetlands and Water Quality Improvement (II)
1997
subject area
Document
Wetlands and Wildlife Management in Colorado: Past Accomplishments and a Model for the Future
1996
reference area
Document
Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States
1994
reference area
Document
Beavers Once Helped Settle America- Now They Unsettle Land Managers
1989
subject area
Document
Sierra the Sierra Club Bulletin
1980
reference area
Document
The Beaver in Colorado: It's Biology, Ecology, Management and Economics
1964
reference area
Document
Beaver Management
1956
reference area
Document
Plasma Arc Recycling: An intro
reference area
Document
Beaver Pond Ecosystems and Their Relationships to Multi-Use Natural Resource Management
reference area
Document
Canada and the Human Environment
context
Document
Evaluation of Alternative Solid Waste Processing Technologies
jurisdiction
Document
From Mesas and Mountains to Rocks and Rivers: A Quick Overview of the Geologic History of the Gunnison Basin
reference area
Document
Green building products directory: A listing of Canadian Manufacturers
reference area
Document
Interim Shareholder Reports
reference area
Document
Plasma Arc Recycling: An intro
reference area
Document
Beaver In Water Impoundments: Understanding A Problem of Water-Level Management
reference area
Document
The Beaver's Tale: Out of the Woods and Into Hot Water
reference area
Document
Upper Gunnison Basin In-Stream Flow Project
reference area
Document
Waste to Energy in Boulder? Pros and Cons
reference area