Ecosystem Dynamics

Branch Chief: Zack Bowen

FORT scientists in the Ecosystem Dynamics Branch investigate a diversity of natural resource problems at the landscape and systems levels related to wildfire, riparian ecology, reference ecosystems, herbivore-ecosystem interactions, and integrated assessments of the urban-wildland interface.

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Elk Studies Presented at Wildlife Society Regional Meeting

USGS scientist Kate Schoenecker is an invited presenter at the annual meeting of the Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society, to be held Aug. 18-20 in Fort Collins, Colo. Schoenecker will discuss her studies of elk movement in and around Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, which have relevance to challenges and considerations of elk management at other western national parks. (Kate Schoenecker, Fort Collins, CO, 970-226-9329)

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

 

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Publications:

 Reshaping the annual hydrograph at Iron Gate Dam to benefit anadromous fish populations in the Klamath River, CA

 Relation between streamflow of Swiftcurrent Creek, Montana, and the geometry of passage for Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

 Progress Report: Stratton Ecological Research site -- An experimental approach to assess effects of various grazing treatments on vegetation and wildlife communities across managed burns and habitat controls

 

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