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Niwot Ridge — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Niwot Ridge

Part of: Colorado

Scale: site

Coordinates: 40.0135, -105.1300

Elevation: 3048m

Habitat: conifer and aspen forest, subalpine, subalpine conifer forest

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 9

Publications (5)

Moss and vascular plant cover across elevational gradients in a changing alpine climate

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

2025Microbiomeprimary study site

Efficiency of the Summer Monsoon in Generating Streamflow Within a Snow-Dominated Headwater Basin of the Colorado River

2020Geophysical Research Letters. DOI 10.1029/2020GL090856comparison site

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciencesprimary study site

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2005reference location

Datasets (4)

Wet and dry plastic deposition data for western US National Atmospheric Deposition Program sites (2017-2019)

2025data collection site

Hybrid predictive modeling approach simulated evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration data

2020data collection site

Hybrid predictive modeling approach simulated evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration data

2020data collection site

Hybrid predictive modeling approach simulated evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration data

2020data collection site

Species Studied Here

Engelmann Spruce

Pinaceae5 shared papers

Mesquite

3 shared papers

Picea mariana

Pinaceae3 shared papers

Walnut

Juglandaceae3 shared papers

Pinus flexilis

Pinaceae2 shared papers

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinaceae2 shared papers

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae2 shared papers

Pseudotsuga species

Pinaceae2 shared papers

Pseudotsuga menzeisii

Pinaceae2 shared papers

Colias eurytheme

Pieridae1 shared paper