Publications
FORT scientists have produced more than 1,500 peer reviewed publications that are registered in the USGS Publications Warehouse, along with many others prior to their work at the USGS or in conjunction with other government agencies.
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Preface [to special section on recent Loch Vale Watershed research]
Catchment-scale intensive and extensive research conducted over the last decade shows that our understanding of the biogeochemical and hydrologic processes in subalpine and alpine basins is not yet sufficiently mature to model and predict how biogeochemical transformations and surface water quality will change in response to climatic or human-driven changes in energy, water, and chemicals. A bette
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Jill S. Baron, Mark W. Williams
Combining binary decision tree and geostatistical methods to estimate snow distribution in a mountain watershed
We model the spatial distribution of snow across a mountain basin using an approach that combines binary decision tree and geostatistical techniques. In April 1997 and 1998, intensive snow surveys were conducted in the 6.9‐km2 Loch Vale watershed (LVWS), Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Binary decision trees were used to model the large‐scale variations in snow depth, while the small‐scale
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Benjamin Balk, Kelly Elder
Diana H. Wall, ESA President 1999-2000
A more polite term for workaholic is over-achiever, and Diana Harrison Wall could easily serve as the type specimen for both words. Her ability to multi-task is a great boon for the Ecological Society of America. That characteristic drive has also been essential to Wall’s own personal success, since it pushed her to persevere during the lean years when a woman’s place was NOT in the field or labor
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Jill Baron, A. Parsons
Movement patterns of riparian small mammals during predictable floodplain inundation
We monitored movements of small mammals resident on floodplains susceptible to spring floods to assess whether and how these animals respond to habitat inundation. The 2 floodplains were associated with 6th order river segments in a semiarid landscape; each was predictably inundated each year as snowmelt progressed in headwater areas of the Rocky Mountains. Data from live trapping, radiotelemetry,
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D.C. Andersen, K.R. Wilson, M. S. Miller, M. Falck
Nest predation on black-tailed prairie dog colonies
Nest predation is the principal cause of mortality for many grassland birds. Predation rates may be higher on prairie dog colonies because they may have less available nesting cover and may increase predator abundance. We compared 14-day nest predation rates for 1,764 artificial nests on 102 black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies and their paired off-colony sites (similar habitat
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B.W. Baker, T.R. Stanley, G. E. Plumb
Plant-herbivore-hydroperiod interactions: effects of native mammals on floodplain tree recruitment
Floodplain plant–herbivore–hydroperiod interactions have received little attention despite their potential as determinants of floodplain structure and functioning. We used five types of exclosures to differentially exclude small-, medium-, and large-sized mammals from accessing Fremont cottonwood (Populus deltoides Marshall subsp. wizlizenii (Watson) Eckenwalder) seedlings and saplings growing nat
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D.C. Andersen, D.J. Cooper
Test of a modified habitat suitability model for bighorn sheep
Translocation of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is time, labor, and cost intensive and, therefore, high levels of success are desirable. We tested a widely used habitat suitability model against translocation success and then modified it to include additional factors which improved its usefulness in predicting appropriate translocation sites. The modified Smith habitat suitability model for bigho
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L. C. Zeigenfuss, F. J. Singer, M.A. Gudorf
Designing mosquitoes out of constructed treatment wetlands?
No abstract available.
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W. Walton, J. Thullen, J. Sartoris
Functions of perch relocations in a communal night roost of wintering bald eagles
We investigated the functions of perch relocations within a communal night roost of wintering bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) along the Nooksack River, Washington, during two winters. We tested seven predictions of two nonexclusive hypotheses: (1) bald eagles relocate within roosts to assess foraging success of conspecifics and (2) bald eagles relocate to obtain thermoregulatory benefits fr
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A. A. Yackel Adams, S. K. Skagen, R.L. Knight
Comparison of one and two-dimensional open channel flow models for a small habitat stream
No abstract available.
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T.J. Waddle, P. Steffler, A. Ghanem, C. Katopodis, A. Locke
Coupled atmosphere-biophysics-hydrology models for environmental modeling
The formulation and implementation of LEAF-2, the Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Feedback model, which comprises the representation of land–surface processes in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS), is described. LEAF-2 is a prognostic model for the temperature and water content of soil, snow cover, vegetation, and canopy air, and includes turbulent and radiative exchanges between these comp
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R. L. Walko, L.E. Band, Jill Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Lammers, T.J. Lee, D. Ojima, R.A. Pielke, C. Taylor, C. Tague, C.J. Tremback, P.L. Vidale
Thinking outside the lines: Parks and the quality of life in area communities
Many national parks, national forests, and other public land units exist in highly changeable regional environments. Often the parks and forests themselves serve as important catalysts of change in the levels of tourism, outdoor recreation participation, and contribution of traveling publics to local and regional economies. Resource managers are called upon to protect lands in their jurisdiction
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J.G. Taylor, N. Burkardt, L. Caughlan, B. L. Lamb