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West Elk Range — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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West Elk Range

Part of: Colorado Rocky Mountains

Scale: regional

Habitat: montane, mountain range

Also known as: West Elk range, West Elk Ranges

Papers: 7 | Mentions: 8

Publications (7)

Context dependence of warming induced shifts in montane soil microbial functions

2024Functional Ecologyprimary study site

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

2021Global Change Biologyprimary study site

Effects of Didymosphenia germinata on American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) Territory Size

2017primary study site

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015Ecologyprimary study site

Experimental examination of early snowmelt-induced water stress in Helianthella quinquenervis: effects on demographic vital rates

2014reference location

Syrphid fly distributions along an elevation gradient in and around the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL)

2012primary study site

Plant resource allocation and herbivory for Helianthella quinquenervis (Asteraceae) over an elevational gradient

2001primary study site

Datasets (1)

Solute chemistry for streams draining geomorphic features and varying land cover gradients in the East River watershed, Colorado

Species Studied Here

Asteraceae

Asteraceae3 shared papers

Helianthella quinquenervis

Asteraceae3 shared papers

Helianthella

Asteraceae3 shared papers

Syrphidae

Syrphidae2 shared papers

Barbey's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae2 shared papers

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae2 shared papers

Nuttall's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae2 shared papers

Polygonum douglasii

Polygonaceae2 shared papers

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae2 shared papers

Potentilla hippiana

Rosaceae2 shared papers