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Fossil Ridge Wilderness — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Fossil Ridge Wilderness

Part of: Gunnison County

Scale: local

Coordinates: 38.7244, -106.6511

Elevation range: 3040m – 3552m

Habitat: subalpine forest, subalpine conifer forest

Also known as: Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 9

Child Places (1)

Fossil Mountain

Publications (3)

Subalpine forest carbon cycling: Short- and long-term influence of climate and species

2005Ecological Applicationsprimary study site

Effects of climate change on growth and seedling establishment of young lodgepole pine

2005primary study site

Dead wood biomass and turnover time, measured by radiocarbon, along a subalpine elevation gradient

2004Oecologiaprimary study site

Documents (6)

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

1994reference area

Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

1990subject area

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Fossil Ridge Wilderness Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

Species Studied Here

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae8 shared papers

Ovis canadensis

Bovidae7 shared papers

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae6 shared papers

Astur gentilis

Accipitridae6 shared papers

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae6 shared papers

Martes americana

Mustelidae6 shared papers

Puma concolor

Felidae5 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae5 shared papers

Ursus americanus

Ursidae5 shared papers

Buteo regalis

Accipitridae5 shared papers