Shrub expansion over the past 62 years in Rocky Mountain alpine tundra: possible causes and consequences

A Formica, EC Farrer, IW Ashton… - Arctic, Antarctic, and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Woody plants are encroaching into many herbaceous-dominated communities across the
globe, including arctic and alpine tundra. Quantifying the encroachment rate, testing which …

Evaluation on soil bioengineering measures in agricultural areas: poorer durability of wooden structures and better aboveground habitat improvements

Z Zhang, L Cao, Z Zhu, C He, H **ang, L Xu, C Sun… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although soil bioengineering is increasingly used worldwide, the measures being used
today are still based on an empirical approach. Most of the existing literature has primarily …

Susceptibility of Salix monticola to Cytospora canker under increased temperatures and decreased water levels

KM Kaczynski, DJ Cooper - Forest ecology and management, 2013 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, a large-scale decline of tall riparian willow populations has
occurred in parts of the Rocky Mountains, USA. Previous research has demonstrated that …

[PDF][PDF] Survey and characterization of montane willow habitat in the wild basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park

L Zeigenfuss, H Abouelezz - Unpublished Report, 2018 - researchgate.net
Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) in north-central Colorado encompasses nearly
108,000 hectares (ha) of high-elevation forest, shrublands, meadows, and alpine tundra and …

Willow growth response to altered disturbance regimes in Rocky Mountain National Park: herbivory, water levels, and hay production

TE Contento - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Disturbances are essential to the perpetuation of functioning riparian areas. However, with
westward expansion, riparian areas, with access to water, fertile soils, and abundant …

Indicators of browsing pressure suggest constraints on riparian willows: a case study from the Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming

MR Bower, LA Decker, AL Nowakowski, CL Williams - Rangelands, 2014 - Elsevier
On the Ground• We completed a landscape-scale assessment of ungulate browsing
pressure on the southeastern portion of the Bighorn National Forest and found evidence of …

Monitoring the Effectiveness of River Realignment on the Upper Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park

M Sparacino - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Abstract A 2003 debris flow introduced 36,000 m 3 of sediment into a high-elevation wetland
on the Upper Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park. In September 2015, Park …

[PDF][PDF] Indicators of Browsing Pressure Suggest Constraints on Riparian Willows

MR Bower, LA Decker, AL Nowakowski, CL Williams - researchgate.net
Our study area consisted of those watersheds (6th-level Hydrologic Unit Boundaries,
National Hydrography Dataset) that have greater than 25% of their total area within the …