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Almont — RMBL Knowledge Commons
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Almont
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Part of:
Colorado
Scale:
local
Coordinates:
38.7174, -106.8136
Elevation:
2669m
Habitat:
sagebrush steppe, High desert/scrubland, montane meadow, montane sagebrush-rabbitbrush steppe, low elevation, sagebrush community, sagebrush communities, valley floor, Thlaspi arvense population area, sagebrush scrub, Montane Sagebrush (SMS) and Low-Elevation Riparian (LRD), alpine meadow, low hills covered in sage and junipers, Great Basin shrubland
Also known as:
Almont Site, Valmont
Papers:
48 |
Mentions:
70
Child Places (4)
Almont Campground
named point
2435m
1 papers
Almont Curve
study site
4 papers
Almont Triangle Wilderness Area
study site
2 papers
Jack's Cabin Cutoff
named point
2 papers
Publications (48)
student_paper
Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function
2024
primary study site
student_paper
Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe
2024
primary study site
student_paper
Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients
2024
secondary site
student_paper
Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains
2023
primary study site
student_paper
Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers
2023
primary study site
student_paper
Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.
2023
secondary site
student_paper
Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
2023
primary study site
student_paper
Exploring the impact of climate change on soil carbon storage in montane meadows
2023
primary study site
student_paper
The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient
2022
primary study site
student_paper
How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains
2022
primary study site
article
High-discharge disturbance does not alter the seasonal trajectory of nutrient uptake in a montane stream
2021
Hydrobiologia
mentioned
student_paper
Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees
2021
secondary site
student_paper
Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles
2021
primary study site
student_paper
The Effect of Climate Change on Two Primitively Eusocial Bees
2021
secondary site
article
Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities
2020
Functional Ecology
primary study site
article
Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (
Populus tremuloides
Michx.)
2020
Journal of Ecology
reference location
student_paper
The impact of elevational gradients on dark septate endophytes (DSE) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in mountains
2020
primary study site
student_paper
Predictors and Strength of Microclimate Buffering in the Gunnison Valley
2020
primary study site
student_paper
The Impact of Warming and Species Removal on Soil Respiration at Low and High Elevations
2020
secondary site
student_paper
The effect of 10 years of repeat lethal sampling on wild bee abundance
2019
secondary site
student_paper
The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits
2019
primary study site
student_paper
Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients
2019
secondary site
article
Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants
2018
Ecology and Evolution
primary study site
student_paper
The effect of surrounding bloom color on pan trap success in sampling Rocky Mountain bees
2018
secondary site
student_paper
Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (
Selasphorus platycercus
)
2017
primary study site
student_paper
Phenology and Phenotypic Variation of
Thlaspi arvense
Along an Elevational Gradient
2017
primary study site
student_paper
Dormancy rates in microbial communities across an elevational gradient
2017
primary study site
student_paper
Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers
2017
primary study site
student_paper
The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains
2016
reference location
student_paper
Correlation of leaf and community traits and various spectra in meadows along an elevation gradient
2016
secondary site
student_paper
How do Plant Traits Affect Thermoregulation?
2016
primary study site
article
The effect of the foresummer drought on carbon exchange in subalpine meadows
2015
Ecosystems
mentioned
student_paper
Scale of plasticity and local adaptation in
Boechera stricta
along an altitudinal gradient
2013
reference location
student_paper
Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system
2011
primary study site
student_paper
Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations
2011
secondary site
student_paper
Ant presences alter plants: The impact
Formica obscuripes
presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity
2011
primary study site
student_paper
The effects of hemiparasitism by
Castilleja
spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems
2011
secondary site
student_paper
What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine
2010
primary study site
student_paper
Intraspecific trait variation affects community distributions of alpine meadow plant communities
2010
primary study site
article
Controls on radial growth of mountain big sagebrush and implications for climate change
2009
Western North American Naturalist
primary study site
student_paper
Reciprocal effects among the ant
Formica obscuripes
and the asters
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
and
Artemisia tridentata
2009
secondary site
student_paper
Devising an ageing technique for
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
near Crested Butte, Colorado
2007
primary study site
article
Emergence cues of a mayfly in a high-altitude stream ecosystem: Potential response to climate change
2006
Ecological Applications
reference location
student_paper
Assessing Two Plant Leaf Functional Traits across a Temperature Gradient
2006
primary study site
student_paper
Physiological and Morphological Changes in Ipomopsis aggregata Along an Elevational Gradient
2006
study site
article
Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal
2000
Oecologia
reference location
article
Solitary behavior in a high-altitude population of the social sweat bee
Halictus rubicundus
(Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
1996
Behav Ecol Sociobiol
comparison site
article
Mountain mosquitoes of the Gothic, Colorado area
1966
American Midland Naturalist
secondary site
Datasets (5)
dataset
Forage Resources in Warming and Removal Plots, Almont, CO, 2019
2026
study site
dataset
Forage Resources in Warming and Removal Plots, Almont, CO, 2019
2026
study site
dataset
Data from: Variation in season length and development time is sufficient to drive the emergence and coexistence of social and solitary behavioral strategies
2024
data collection site
dataset
QA/QC of the East River, Colorado, discharge and geochemical time series datasets (Almont, BCC, and Pump House) to be used for modeling of hydrogeochemical balance.
2023
data collection site
dataset
Machine Learning Assisted Gap-Filled Discharge Data for the East River Community Watershed, Colorado, for Water Years 2014-2021
2022
data collection site
Documents (17)
Document
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan
2019
project site
Document
Lowhead-Micro Hydropower 2008
2008
reference area
Document
Gunnison Sage-Grouse Conservation Priority Regions in the Gunnison Basin
2006
reference area
Document
Letter to Editor General Comments on the Reconstruction of Colorado Forest Highway 59 Environmental Analysis
1997
reference area
Document
Letter to Federal Highway Administration: Official Position of Gunnison County Board of County Commissioners
1997
reference area
Document
Housing Market Study for Gunnison Center Executive Summary
1995
reference area
Document
Gunnison Fact Sheet
1995
subject area
Document
Letter regarding Almont Triangle Lease
1994
reference area
Document
Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 6
Species Studied Here
Artemisia tridentata
Asteraceae
22 shared papers
Artemisia
Asteraceae
18 shared papers
Aphaenogaster tridentata
Formicidae
14 shared papers
Wyethia amplexicaulis
Asteraceae
12 shared papers
Wyethia
Asteraceae
11 shared papers
Potentilla gracilis
Rosaceae
10 shared papers
Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra
Salicaceae
10 shared papers
Potentilla pulcherrima
Rosaceae
9 shared papers
Veratrum californicum var. californicum
Melanthiaceae
9 shared papers
Erigeron speciosus
Asteraceae
9 shared papers
1994
affected area
Document
Letter to Gunnison County Commissioners from concerned citizen Re: Mountain Lair and Riverbend Developments
1974
reference area
Document
Gunnison Recreation Project Senior Thesis Project, Design 401
1974
affected area
Document
In the District Court within and for the County of Gunnison and State of Colorado Civil Action No. 5702
1961
subject area
Document
Letter to CRWCD on Gunnison Water projects in 1951
1951
reference area
Document
Mount Emmons Aquatic Ecology Baseline Studies
subject area
Document
Mount Emmons Environmental Impact Statement
reference area
Document
Flow Release Patterns at Glen Canyon Dam
project site
Document
Gunnison County Fuels Planning
reference area