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Research Plan
Ecohydrologic Controls of Sub-Alpine Forest Soil Respiration
Principal Investigator:
Austin Simonpietri
Status:
active
Field:
Earth Systems Science
Research Areas:
Biogeochemistry; Climate change; Long-term research; Microbiology; Phenology; Plant biology; Soil/microbial ecology; Snow Science
Items:
50 (37 publications, 7 datasets, 6 documents)
Publications (37)
Article
Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability
2025
Hydrology and Earth System Science
DOI: 10.5194/hess-29-701-2025
Article
Interannual precipitation controls on soil CO2 fluxes in high elevation conifer and aspen forests
2023
Environmental Research Letters
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad07b5
Thesis
Forest carbon cycling along an elevation gradient: the influence of species and climate
2003
Thesis
Global climate change and ecosystem carbon storage: an experimental investigation of ecologically-mediated feedbacks to climate in montane meadows
1998
Book
Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming
2019
Student Paper
The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz
1970
Student Paper
A brief study of CO2 and methane flux of a sub-alpine meadow, RMBL
1990
Article
Methane consumption by montane soils: implications for positive and negative feedback with climate change
1996
Biogeochemistry
DOI: 10.1007/bf00001532
Publication
Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows
2002
Student Paper
A biogeophysical study of the plant-soil interface in varied habitats
1983
Student Paper
Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site
1987
Student Paper
Production and productivity in an alpine tundra ecosystem
1980
Article
Gas exhange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation
2000
Plant Ecology
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009863201751
Student Paper
Trapping the litter: a negative feedback of climate change in the litter quality of montane vegetation in the Rocky Mountains
2008
Student Paper
Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow
1998
Article
Phenology of high-altitude climates
2013
Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science
Thesis
Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances
1986
Article
Factors in recovery of subalpine vegetation studied (Colorado)
1992
Restoration and Management Notes
Thesis
Physiography and Plant Ecology of a Subalpine Earthflow, Gunnison County, Colorado
1949
Student Paper
The effect of sub-surface strata on ground cover
1940
Student Paper
Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities
1995
Student Paper
Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes
1992
Thesis
Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow
2006
Article
Responses of soil and water chemistry to mountain pine beetle induced tree mortality in Grand County, Colorado, USA
2011
Applied Geochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.096
Student Paper
Effects of climatological factos on annual growth of shrubby species of the rocky mountains
2002
Article
Effects of manipulated soil microclimate on mesofaunal biomass and diversity
1996
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00139-5
Student Paper
Crassulacean acid metabolism: a preliminary study at high altitude
1990
Thesis
Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows
2000
Article
Microclimate amelioration may be critical to recovery of subalpine ecosystems (Colorado)
1993
Restoration and Management Notes
Article
Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
1997
Environmental and Experimental Biology
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-8472(96)01043-x
Chapter
Dynamics of Lotic Ecosystems
1983
Student Paper
A report on aspen ecotones
1970
Student Paper
Comparisons of invertebrate populations of the herb layers of the alpine and subalpine zones
1947
Student Paper
Variations in montane meadow flora (especially <i>Poa interior</i>) with moisture
1973
Student Paper
Biodiversity and ecosystem function: correlations among aboveground biomass, species richness, and soil organic matter
1997
Student Paper
Ecological report concerning the spruce-fir climax forest and related areas
1954
Student Paper
How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow
1982
Datasets (7)
Dataset
Data from: Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community
2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4719199.v1
Dataset
Influence of hydrological, biogeochemical and temperature transients on subsurface carbon fluxes in a flood plain environment, Biogeochemistry: Dataset
2019
DOI: 10.21952/wtr/1506937
Dataset
Raw Data published in PeerJ, 2021 for Crested Butte decomposition field study 2017-2019
2025
DOI: 10.15485/1813869
Dataset
Data for Lynn et al. “Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production”
2020
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/7c493a1d737f81905a41a81630695f14
Dataset
Plant height and species information
2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/2
Dataset
Surface soil temperature and water content from warming experiment located at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado, 2015 to 2019
2021
DOI: 10.15485/1842908
Dataset
Data for "Depth of nutrient uptake by deep-rooted plants is regulated by water availability"
2025
DOI: 10.15485/2998779
Documents (6)
Document
Soil and Water Conservation in Colorado
Document
Moist Forests
Document
Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems
Document
Effect of Keystone Mine Effluent on Colonization of Stream Benthos
Document
Application of Monitoring for Producers
Document
Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource