RMBL Knowledge Commons

Article

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

2025Hydrology and Earth System ScienceDOI: 10.5194/hess-29-701-2025

Article

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of EnvironmentDOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114587

Publication

A Brief Escape to Normalcy: A Summer at RMBL

2020Mountain Views Chronicle

Publication

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

2002

Student Paper

Effects of climatological factos on annual growth of shrubby species of the rocky mountains

2002

Student Paper

The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz

1970

Thesis

Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances

1986

Student Paper

The variation in tree growth performance relative to a climate change along an elevation gradient

1998

Student Paper

Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow

1998

Student Paper

Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site

1987

Thesis

Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows

2000

Book

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming

2019

Thesis

Forest carbon cycling along an elevation gradient: the influence of species and climate

2003

Student Paper

The effects of drought on subalpine floral community diversity

2021

Student Paper

Trapping the litter: a negative feedback of climate change in the litter quality of montane vegetation in the Rocky Mountains

2008

Article

Gas exhange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation

2000Plant EcologyDOI: 10.1023/a:1009863201751

Article

Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

1997Environmental and Experimental BiologyDOI: 10.1016/s0098-8472(96)01043-x

Student Paper

Variations in montane meadow flora (especially Poa interior) with moisture

1973

Thesis

Global climate change and ecosystem carbon storage: an experimental investigation of ecologically-mediated feedbacks to climate in montane meadows

1998

Thesis

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

2021

Article

Phenology of high-altitude climates

2013Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Student Paper

A biogeophysical study of the plant-soil interface in varied habitats

1983

Student Paper

A comparison of vegetational maturity and succession rates in an avalanche area

1996

Student Paper

How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow

1982

Student Paper

The occurrence of annuals and perennials in a subalpine system

1983

Student Paper

Production and productivity in an alpine tundra ecosystem

1980

Article

Factors in recovery of subalpine vegetation studied (Colorado)

1992Restoration and Management Notes

Article

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plants growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers

2018Global Change Biology

Thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006

Student Paper

Summer snowpatches as high alpine resource sources: assessing potential impacts of climate change

2003

Student Paper

Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient

1973

Student Paper

Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities

1995

Article

Microclimate amelioration may be critical to recovery of subalpine ecosystems (Colorado)

1993Restoration and Management Notes

Student Paper

The effect of sub-surface strata on ground cover

1940

Student Paper

Relationship of mist netting capture rates in aspen woods to levels of insolation, precipitation and temperature fluctuations

1982

Article

Responses of soil and water chemistry to mountain pine beetle induced tree mortality in Grand County, Colorado, USA

2011Applied GeochemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.096

Student Paper

Effects of avalanche intensity on Populus tremuloides density

1995

Thesis

Physiography and Plant Ecology of a Subalpine Earthflow, Gunnison County, Colorado

1949

Student Paper

Ecological report concerning the spruce-fir climax forest and related areas

1954

Student Paper

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

1992

Student Paper

Temperature and pH of water of lakes and streams and effect on organisms in the subalpine zone

1950

Student Paper

Floral succession in a spruce-fir forest

1971

Student Paper

A report on aspen ecotones

1970

Student Paper

Plant selection of mycorrhizal symbionts in response to abiotic stress.

2015

Student Paper

Natural history of a talus/aspen grove ecotone

1975

Student Paper

Effect of altitude on Frasera speciosa populations

1973

Student Paper

Relative Strengths of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Precipitation on Specific Leaf Area.

2014

Student Paper

A long-term study on the effects of temporal variation in precipitation on the flowering behavior of Androsace septentrionalis L. (Primulaceae)

1997

Chapter

Global change and mountain regions

2005

Publication

Effects of frost on wildflowers: an unexpected consequence of climate change

2011

Soil moisture and growth responses to climate extremes in subalpine forests

Publications (53)

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

A Brief Escape to Normalcy: A Summer at RMBL

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

Effects of climatological factos on annual growth of shrubby species of the rocky mountains

The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz

Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances

The variation in tree growth performance relative to a climate change along an elevation gradient

Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow

Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site

Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming

Forest carbon cycling along an elevation gradient: the influence of species and climate

The effects of drought on subalpine floral community diversity

Trapping the litter: a negative feedback of climate change in the litter quality of montane vegetation in the Rocky Mountains

Gas exhange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation

Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Variations in montane meadow flora (especially <i>Poa interior</i>) with moisture

Global climate change and ecosystem carbon storage: an experimental investigation of ecologically-mediated feedbacks to climate in montane meadows

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

Phenology of high-altitude climates

A biogeophysical study of the plant-soil interface in varied habitats

A comparison of vegetational maturity and succession rates in an avalanche area

How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow

The occurrence of annuals and perennials in a subalpine system

Production and productivity in an alpine tundra ecosystem

Factors in recovery of subalpine vegetation studied (Colorado)

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plants growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

Summer snowpatches as high alpine resource sources: assessing potential impacts of climate change

Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient

Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities

Microclimate amelioration may be critical to recovery of subalpine ecosystems (Colorado)

The effect of sub-surface strata on ground cover

Relationship of mist netting capture rates in aspen woods to levels of insolation, precipitation and temperature fluctuations

Responses of soil and water chemistry to mountain pine beetle induced tree mortality in Grand County, Colorado, USA

Effects of avalanche intensity on <i>Populus tremuloides</i> density

Physiography and Plant Ecology of a Subalpine Earthflow, Gunnison County, Colorado

Ecological report concerning the spruce-fir climax forest and related areas

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

Temperature and pH of water of lakes and streams and effect on organisms in the subalpine zone

Floral succession in a spruce-fir forest

A report on aspen ecotones

Plant selection of mycorrhizal symbionts in response to abiotic stress.

Natural history of a talus/aspen grove ecotone

Effect of altitude on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> populations

Relative Strengths of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Precipitation on Specific Leaf Area.

A long-term study on the effects of temporal variation in precipitation on the flowering behavior of <i>Androsace septentrionalis</i> L. (Primulaceae)

Global change and mountain regions

Effects of frost on wildflowers: an unexpected consequence of climate change

Datasets (13)

Plant height and species information

Data from: Disentangling the relative importance of species occurrence, abundance and intraspecific variability in community assembly: a trait-based approach at the whole-plant level in Mediterranean forests

hydrokeira/Si_RandomForest: Si Random Forest Analysis Code

Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) water potentials from clones with varying aspect and understory composition

hmworsham/er-forest-structure: Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed: RSE review archive

Data from: Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

Documents (7)

Moist Forests

Soil and Water Conservation in Colorado

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

A New Hydrologic Perspective of How Beaver Ponds Function

Application of Monitoring for Producers

Forest Plan for 15 Plus Years

Wildlife Impacts

Forrest_HOBO_data_May2013-Dec2016

Data for Context-dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients, 2014, 2016, Colorado, USA

Data from: Size-related scaling of tree form and function in a mixed-age forest

Experimental frost damage data for eight subalpine plant species

Data for Lynn et al. “Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production”