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Brush Creek — RMBL Knowledge Commons
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Brush Creek
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Part of:
East River Watershed
Scale:
site
Coordinates:
38.8590, -106.9210
Elevation:
2722m
Habitat:
south side of Crested Butte Mountain, floodplain, stream confluence, floodplain confluence, montane meadows, meadow, subalpine meadow, flat meadow, sagebrush community, montane meadow, native flowering plants, montane stream, stream, Thlaspi arvense population area
Also known as:
Brush Creek area, Brush Creek Site, West Brush Creek, East Brush Creek, Brush Creek Road, Brush Creek II, Brush Creek Hill
Papers:
35 |
Mentions:
93
Publications (35)
student_paper
Abiotic influences on intraspecific trait variation in montane species with varied life histories
2026
primary study site
article
Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition
2025
Journal of Animal Ecology
primary study site
student_paper
Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging
2024
primary study site
student_paper
Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri
2024
primary study site
student_paper
How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?
2024
primary study site
article
What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology
2024
BioScience
secondary site
article
Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH campaign
2023
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
primary study site
student_paper
How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient
2023
primary study site
thesis
The causes and consequences of pollen defence
2023
study site
article
Sulfur Biogeochemical Cycling and Redox Dynamics in a Shale-Dominated Mountainous Watershed
2022
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
secondary site
student_paper
Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)
2022
secondary site
student_paper
Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee,
Osmia iridis
2021
secondary site
article
Meanders as a scaling motif for understanding of floodplain soil microbiome and biogeochemical potential at the watershed scale
2021
Microbiome
reference location
article
The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection
2021
Hydrologic Processes
secondary site
article
The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado
2020
Authorea
secondary site
student_paper
Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of
Thlaspi
2019
secondary site
student_paper
Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains
2018
secondary site
student_paper
The Relationship between Soil Properties and Variation in the Morphology and Phenology of non-native mustard plant
Thlaspi arvense
in Subalpine Meadows
2018
primary study site
student_paper
Phenology and Phenotypic Variation of
Thlaspi arvense
Along an Elevational Gradient
2017
primary study site
student_paper
Selection on floral traits of Linus lewisii along an elevational gradient.
2014
primary study site
student_paper
Consequences of Pollination Neighborhood Composition and Pollinator Communities
2014
primary study site
student_paper
Comparing
Bombus
pollinator efficacies in
Delphinium barbeyi
(Ranunculaceae) reproductive success
2013
primary study site
article
Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities
2013
Ecology
secondary site
article
Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories
2011
Freshwater Biology
primary study site
student_paper
The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment
2011
primary study site
article
Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?
2011
Hydrobiologia
primary study site
student_paper
The effect of willow proximity on species richness and abundance of birds nesting in aspen
Populus tremuloides
woodlands.
2009
mentioned
student_paper
Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources
2008
secondary site
student_paper
Rocky Mountain Bombus pathogen survey: Are invasive plants affecting pathogen prevalence and intensity?
2008
primary study site
student_paper
Effects of single and terraced beaver ponds on benthic macroinvertebrate communities
2007
primary study site
article
The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in
Colias
butterflies
2003
Evolution
primary study site
article
The evolution of wing color in
Colias
butterflies: heritability, sex linkage, and population divergence
2002
Evolution
primary study site
article
Thermoregulation and flight in Colias butterflies: elevational patterns and mechanistic limitations
1983
Ecology
primary study site
article
Ecological significance of flight activity in Colias butterflies: implication for reproductive strategy and population structure
1983
Ecology
primary study site
article
Pollinator foraging behavior and gene dispersal in Senecio (Compositae)
1980
Evolution
primary study site
Datasets (22)
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; Spectral Surface Albedo Observations from NOAA GML/GRAD and CIRES at Brush Creek (CBC) (NCEI Accession 0305474)
2025
data collection site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; NOAA GML Surface Radiation Budget and Near-Surface Meteorology Data at Kettle Ponds and Brush Creek, Colorado (NCEI Accession 0302673)
2025
data collection site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; NOAA GML Brush Creek & Kettle Ponds Snow Depth Estimates (NCEI Accession 0302850)
2025
data collection site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; Brush Creek Flux Data for Publication (NCEI Accession 0305465)
2025
data collection site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; NOAA and CIRES Ceilometer Cloud Data Products at Brush Creek, Colorado, 2021-10-19 to 2023-08-14 (NCEI Accession 0301003)
2025
study site
dataset
Data from: 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed'
2025
study site
dataset
Data from: 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed'
2025
study site
dataset
Data from: 'Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed'
Documents (23)
Document
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; Applicability to the National Forests in Colorado
2012
subject area
Document
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; Applicability to the National Forests in Colorado
2008
subject area
Document
Re: White River Forest Plan Revision
2000
reference area
Document
Review of Data and Summary Opinions regarding Snowmass Creek Modification
2000
reference area
Document
Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District Management Plan- 1999-2005 part 1
1999
affected area
Document
Review of Data and Summary of Opinions Regarding Snowmass Creek Modification
1996
project site
Document
Healthy Community Indicators- A Tool for Sustainable Development in the Roaring Fork-Grand Valley
1996
subject area
Document
Cebolla Ranger District.
1995
project site
Document
Acquire Smock and Thomas ranches on Lake Fork of the Gunnison River?
Species Studied Here
Salvelinus fontinalis
Salmonidae
17 shared papers
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Salmonidae
12 shared papers
Hymenoptera
11 shared papers
Ovis canadensis
Bovidae
11 shared papers
Populus tremuloides
Salicaceae
11 shared papers
Bos taurus
Bovidae
10 shared papers
Songbirds
10 shared papers
Odocoileus hemionus
Cervidae
10 shared papers
Delphinium
Ranunculaceae
9 shared papers
big game
9 shared papers
2025
study site
dataset
2019 Meander C and Meander Z floodplain groundwater chemistry from the East River Watershed, CO, USA
2025
reference site
dataset
Groundwater and river water elevations and temperature from 2017 to 2022 across Meander Z in the East River Watershed, Colorado
2025
reference site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; Snow-level Radar FMCW Moments at Brush Creek, Colorado, 2021-12-20 to 2023-09-05 (NCEI Accession 0289129)
2024
study site
dataset
SPLASH Field Study; Ott Disdrometer Raw & Stats Observations at Brush Creek, Colorado, 2021-10-19 to 2023-09-03 (NCEI Accession 0287380)
2024
data collection site
dataset
2018 Meander Y and Meander Z floodplain groundwater chemistry from the East River watershed, Colorado
2023
reference site
dataset
Geochemistry of East River, Colorado floodplain sediments from Meander Z and Meander Y collected in 2017.
2023
reference site
dataset
Sulfur x-ray absorption spectroscopy data from bedrock shale, soil, and floodplain sediment from the East River, Colorado watershed.
2022
data collection site
dataset
Surface electrical resistivity tomography, magnetic, and gravity surveys in Redwell Basin and the greater East River watershed near Crested Butte, Colorado, 2017
2022
study site
dataset
Gravity Data
2022
study site
dataset
Magnetics Data
2022
study site
dataset
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Data
2022
study site
dataset
Multi-year census of arthropod abundance on the plant Ligusticum porteri near Crested Butte, CO
2021
study site
dataset
Supplement 1. Temperature and light data recorded at trap-nest sites, 2007–2010.
2016
data collection site
dataset
Supplement 1. Temperature and light data recorded at trap-nest sites, 2007–2010.
2016
data collection site
1994
reference area
Document
Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project
1994
reference area
Document
Gunnison County Stockgrowers 1894-1994
1994
subject area
Document
Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 2
1994
subject area
Document
Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 2
1994
reference area
Document
Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 6
1994
subject area
Document
Order No. 01-92 Occupancy and Use Restriction Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
1992
reference area
Document
Letters from RMBL about Mt. Emmons
1977
affected area
Document
Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado
1976
subject area
Document
Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado
1974
project site
Document
Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado
subject area
Document
Four Wheel Drive
subject area
Document
Undeveloped Area Inventory Descriptions
subject area
Document
Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project
reference area
Document
Gunnison County Comprehensive Plan, Background Data – Volume 1
reference area