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Article

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.1002/ajb2.70061

Article

Satellite-derived foresummer drought sensitivity of plant productivity in Rocky Mountain headwater catchments: spatial heterogeneity and geological-geomorphological control

2020Environmental Research LettersDOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab8fd0

Article

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

2018Journal of Biogeography

Article

Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories

2015Advances in Ecological Research

Article

The effect of the foresummer drought on carbon exchange in subalpine meadows

2015EcosystemsDOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9845-1

Article

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

2014PNASDOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317722111

Article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300284

Article

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

2013Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12102

Article

X-ray imaging of leaf venation networks

2012New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04355.x

Student Paper

Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities

1995

Thesis

Causes and consequences of plant responses to environmental change over physiological, ecological, and evolutionary time.

2015

Student Paper

Plant community structure as a function of grazing by cattle

1995

Thesis

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

2000

Publication

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

2002

Student Paper

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

1998

Article

Challenges in Building an End-to-End System for Acquisition, Management, and Integration of Diverse Data From Sensor Networks in Watersheds: Lessons From a Mountainous Community Observatory in East River, Colorado

2019IEEE AccessDOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2957793

Article

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

2017OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.04311

Article

Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

2016Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605365113

Article

Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth

2016Ecology LettersDOI: 10.1111/ele.12650

Article

The energetic and carbon economic origins of leaf thermoregulation

2016Nature PlantsDOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.129

Article

Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

2014New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/nph.12780

Article

Controls on radial growth of mountain big sagebrush and implications for climate change

2009Western North American NaturalistDOI: 10.3398/064.069.0416

Article

Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

2008PNASDOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801920105

Article

Contest behaviour in Weidemeyers admiral butterfly <i>Limenitis weidemeyerii</i>(Nymphalidae): the effect of size and residency

1991Animal Behaviour

Student Paper

A contrast of the vascular vegetation found in an old sagebrush community and a new one

1970

Student Paper

Community structural and compositional variability on a microsite basis

1992

Student Paper

Plant and insect diversity and abundance: resilience in response to human disturbance

1997

Student Paper

Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site

1987

Student Paper

Effects of human-made trails on local vegetative diversity

1996

Thesis

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

2003

Student Paper

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

1983

Student Paper

A look at leaf litter diversity in a grazed and non-grazed aspen grove

1997

Student Paper

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

1992

Student Paper

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

1996

Student Paper

A report on aspen ecotones

1970

Student Paper

The species-area relationship and spatial turnover

1996

Student Paper

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

1998

Chapter

Dynamics of Lotic Ecosystems

1983

Student Paper

Report on disturbed and undisturbed aspen communities

1954

Thesis

Analysis of temporal change in high-elevation plant community composition, East River Basin, Colorado, USA.

2015

Chapter

Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants

1990

Student Paper

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

1982

Student Paper

Plant and animal succession in an old burn

1950

Student Paper

Natural history of a talus/aspen grove ecotone

1975

Thesis

Leaf venation networks link climate change to plant form and function

2014

Thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

2023

Book

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming

2019

Book

Rehabilitating Damaged Ecosystems

1988

Student Paper

The effect of sub-surface strata on ground cover

1940

Thesis

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

1998

Assessing drivers of vegetation functional change

Publications (68)

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

Satellite-derived foresummer drought sensitivity of plant productivity in Rocky Mountain headwater catchments: spatial heterogeneity and geological-geomorphological control

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories

The effect of the foresummer drought on carbon exchange in subalpine meadows

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

X-ray imaging of leaf venation networks

Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities

Causes and consequences of plant responses to environmental change over physiological, ecological, and evolutionary time.

Plant community structure as a function of grazing by cattle

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

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

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

Challenges in Building an End-to-End System for Acquisition, Management, and Integration of Diverse Data From Sensor Networks in Watersheds: Lessons From a Mountainous Community Observatory in East River, Colorado

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

Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth

The energetic and carbon economic origins of leaf thermoregulation

Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

Controls on radial growth of mountain big sagebrush and implications for climate change

Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

Contest behaviour in Weidemeyers admiral butterfly <i>Limenitis weidemeyerii</i>(Nymphalidae): the effect of size and residency

A contrast of the vascular vegetation found in an old sagebrush community and a new one

Community structural and compositional variability on a microsite basis

Plant and insect diversity and abundance: resilience in response to human disturbance

Factors in the recovery of a disturbed sub-alpine site

Effects of human-made trails on local vegetative diversity

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

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

A look at leaf litter diversity in a grazed and non-grazed aspen grove

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

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

A report on aspen ecotones

The species-area relationship and spatial turnover

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

Dynamics of Lotic Ecosystems

Report on disturbed and undisturbed aspen communities

Analysis of temporal change in high-elevation plant community composition, East River Basin, Colorado, USA.

Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants

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

Plant and animal succession in an old burn

Natural history of a talus/aspen grove ecotone

Leaf venation networks link climate change to plant form and function

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming

Rehabilitating Damaged Ecosystems

The effect of sub-surface strata on ground cover

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

Datasets (11)

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

Plant height and species information

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

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

Data from: Are leaf functional traits “invariant” with plant size, and what is “invariance” anyway?

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

Appendix 2 (CSV)

Data from: Community assembly and functional diversity along succession post-management

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Application of Monitoring for Producers

Dynamic Planning for Community Change

Wildlife Impacts

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

Moist Forests

A New Hydrologic Perspective of How Beaver Ponds Function

Areawide Conservation Planning Primer

Sudden Aspen Decline in Colorado

Forest Plan for 15 Plus Years

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

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

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