Ecosystem Dynamics Current Research

Total Current Project: 52

 Bison Grazing Ecology at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado
 

 Climate Change as a Challenge to Bird Conservation in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of North America
 

 Colorado River Basin Riparian Ecology
 

 Developing a Non-Invasive Technique for Bighorn Sheep Population Estimation Using Fecal DNA, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
 

 Developing a Regional Approach for Integrated Monitoring Related to Energy Exploration and Development
 

 Development of Riparian Monitoring Protocols
 

 Diatoms: Taxonomic and Ecological Tools for Assessment
 

 DOI on the Landscape, Sagebrush Ecosystems: Landscape-Scale Modeling to Address Management Priorities for Sagebrush Habitats and Sagebrush-Obligate Wildlife Species
 

 Ecological Effects of Fire and Fire Management
 

 Ecological Effects of Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition
 

 Ecological Impacts of Roads and Road Use on Wildlife Populations
 

 Effects of Climate Change on White-tailed Ptarmigan
 

 Elk and Bison Grazing Ecology in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
 

 Engineered River Channel Evaluation
 

 Erosional Consequence of Tamarisk Removal
 

 Evaluating Species Models for the Ecoregional Analysis of Sagebrush Ecosystems within the Wyoming Basins
 

 Evaluation of the Effects of Energy Development on Mountain Plovers in Wyoming
 

 Global Change: Riparian Exotic Species
 

 Implementation of a Monitoring Plan for Vegetation Responses to New Elk Management in Rocky Mountain National Park
 

 Integrating Variable Location, Geospatial Scale, and Economic Impacts into Decision Support Systems for Managing Natural Resources
 

 Interactions between Native and Non-native Aquatic Species in the Southwestern United States
 

 Invasive Species of Riparian Ecosystems: Ecology, Restoration Implications, Effects of Climate Change, and Interactions with Streamflow and Fluvial Processes
 

 Limnology and Stream Ecology
 

 Long-term Ecological Monitoring and Research at Bandelier National Monument
 

 Long-term Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
 

 Managed Streamflow and the Ecology of the Bill Williams River
 

 Missouri River Cottonwood Demography
 

 Modeling the Importance of Native vs. Invasive Vegetation Dominance for Neotropical Migratory Bird Use of Western Riparian Habitats
 

 Natural Resource Preservation Program: Gunnison Sage-Grouse Chick Survival and Landscape Population Modeling
 

 Natural Resource Preservation Program: Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection: Developing a Landscape-Level Habitat Map Predicting Sagebrush, Herbaceous, and Bare Ground Cover
 

 Natural Resource Preservation Program: Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation on Forested Ecosystem and Social Values in the Front Range, Colorado
 

 Natural Resource Preservation Program: Population Survey Methods and Spatial and Temporal Use of Park Winter Range by Elk for Adaptive Management to Enhance Wildlife Viewing
 

 Natural Resources Model and Tool Development
 

 Predicting and Managing Climate Change Impacts on Semi-Arid Land Wetlands, Migratory Birds, and Their Prey: An Integration of Remote Sensing, Molecular Genetics, Hydrology, and Environmental Modeling
 

 Riparian Ecosystems of Central Asia
 

 Riparian Vegetation and Floodplain Sediment Responses to Dam Removal
 

 River Basin Management
 

 Sagebrush Ecosystems Coordinated Research: Determining the Effects of Energy Development on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Oil and Gas
 

 Sagebrush Ecosystems Coordinated Research: Range-wide Assessment of Livestock Grazing Across the Sagebrush Biome
 

 Sagebrush Ecosystems: Landscape-Scale Modeling to Address Management Priorities for Sagebrush Habitats and Sagebrush-Obligate Wildlife Species
 

 SALMOD: Salmonid Young-of-Year Production Model for the Klamath, Trinity, and Sacramento Rivers
 

 Stratton Sagebrush Ecological Research Site: An Experimental Approach to Assess Various Grazing Treatments on Vegetation and Wildlife Communities across Managed Burns and Habitat Controls
 

 Streamflow-Vegetation Relations to Evaluate Flow Regimes
 

 Support Bureau of Reclamation Activities Related to HR2720, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act
 

 Test Riparian Revegetation Methods along the Virgin River, Zion National Park
 

 Using Tracer Techniques to Characterize Streamflow Gains and Losses
 

 Water Management Studies
 

 Western Mountain Initiative — Colorado
 

 Western Mountain Initiative — New Mexico
 

 Wild Horse and Burro Research
 

 Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Baseline Synthesis
 

 Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Targeted Research and Monitoring
 

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