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Painter Boy — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Painter Boy

Scale: site

Coordinates: 38.9696, -107.0408

Elevation: 3351m

Habitat: Subalpine meadow, alpine meadow, meadow

Also known as: Painter Boy Mine, Painter Boy mine, Painter Boy Mine Site

Papers: 8 | Mentions: 8

Publications (8)

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

2024reference location

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

2020Functional Ecologyprimary study site

Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows

2017Oikosprimary study site

Dormancy rates in microbial communities across an elevational gradient

2017primary study site

How do Plant Traits Affect Thermoregulation?

2016primary study site

How an environment's moisture heterogeneity affects a community's traits

2015primary study site

Effects of water addition on above- and below-ground processes in montane meadows

2009reference location

Effects of water addition on below- and above-ground carbon processes across a montane elevational gradient

2008reference location

Species Studied Here

Artemisia

Asteraceae3 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae3 shared papers

Bacteria

3 shared papers

Bistorta vivipara

Polygonaceae2 shared papers

Lupinus prunophilus

Fabaceae2 shared papers

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae2 shared papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae2 shared papers

Aquilegia coerulea

Ranunculaceae2 shared papers

Barbey's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae2 shared papers

Veratrum californicum var. californicum

Melanthiaceae2 shared papers