Colorado mountains
 

Landscape change

Carbon balance of converting conservation reserve program (CRP) grasslands to agriculture.

Poster Number:  269 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ilya Gelfand To analyze the net carbon balance of land-use conversion from grasslands to cropping agriculture, we conducted a full carbon accounting of biodiesel and grain production from three CRP grassland ec

Evaluating and Exploring Patterns of Satellite-predicted Forest Phenology in the Southern Appalachians

Poster Number:  267 Presenter/Primary Author:  Jeff Hepinstall-C... Current research indicates that warming global temperatures are capable of altering phenological cycles in deciduous forests.  Potential climate inducted changes to deciduous forest phenology

Long-Term Ecological Research on Colorado Shortgrass Steppe

Poster Number:  255 Presenter/Primary Author:  John Moore The Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological research (SGS-LTER) project is entering its final year of a more than 30-year history (1982-2014) of research and engagement within the LTER network.

How invaded is our lakescape?: Systematic surveys indicate biases in existing invasion records

Poster Number:  253 Presenter/Primary Author:  Alexander Latzka Numbers of ecological invaders in North America are increasing exponentially, and their impacts on native ecosystems and economies are increasing.

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER