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Lower Montane

Part of: East River Watershed

Scale: site

Elevation: 2763m

Habitat: hillslope and floodplain, open meadows, mountain slope and toe slope

Also known as: Lower Montane site

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 11

Publications (3)

Sulfur Biogeochemical Cycling and Redox Dynamics in a Shale-Dominated Mountainous Watershed

2022Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciencesprimary study site

Effect of elevation, season and accelerated snowmelt on biogeochemical processes during isolated conifer needle litter decomposition

2021PeerJprimary study site

Does it stay or does it go: exploring seasonal influences on nutrients across topography in a Colorado mountain watershed

2017primary study site

Datasets (8)

Stream bed topography in 2016 at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado

Electrical Resistivity Tomography data from 2016 to 2018 at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado

2025data collection site

Time-lapse imagery in 2017 and 2018 at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado

Soil moisture and temperature from 2019 to 2024 along northeast- and southwest-facing hillslopes at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado

Multiple RGB ortho-mosaics and digital surface models in 2017 and 2018 across the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado

Soil moisture and temperature data along the northeast facing hillslope at the Lower Montane site in the East River Watershed, Colorado.

Groundwater level elevation and temperature across Meander C at the Lower Montane in the East River Watershed, Colorado.

Groundwater level elevation and temperature at the Lower Montane in the East River Watershed, Colorado.

2021data collection site

Species Studied Here

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Salicaceae2 shared papers

Bacteria

2 shared papers

Nuttall's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae1 shared paper

Barbey's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae1 shared paper

Potentilla hippiana

Rosaceae1 shared paper

Salix monticola

Salicaceae1 shared paper

Salix planifolia

Salicaceae1 shared paper

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae1 shared paper

Betula glandulosa

Betulaceae1 shared paper

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae1 shared paper