Ecosystem Dynamics

Branch Chief: Zack Bowen

FORT scientists in the Ecosystem Dynamics Branch investigate a diversity of complex natural resource problems at the landscape and systems levels related to energy development and land-use change, ecosystem responses to climate change and atmospheric deposition, herbivore-ecosystem interactions, and fire effects on ecosystems.

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Sage-grouse Team Works on New Connectivity Map and Genetics

FORT scientists Sara Oyler-McCance and Colorado State University scientist/USGS cooperator Brad Fedy, along with members of the Range-wide Interagency Sage-grouse Conservation Team, participated in a scoping meeting in Denver, CO, on 25-26 January 2012 to develop a seamless range-wide connectivity map for Greater Sage grouse to help partners better plan and implement conservation actions to benefit sage grouse. Concurrent with this effort, Dr. Oyler-McCance and Dr. Fedy are leading a separate large-scale genetics project across Wyoming to assess population connectivity. They will provide technical expertise in genetics and landscape ecology to this new effort. Scoping topics included protocols for data collection and analyses, range-wide sampling strategy, genetic sampling, updates from state sage-grouse biologists, and identifying potential partners.

 Analysis of Population Connectivity in Wyoming Greater Sage-grouse

 

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 Detection probability in aerial surveys of feral horses

 Revisions of rump fat and body scoring indices for deer, elk, and moose

 Empirical critical loads of atmospheric nitrogen deposition for nutrient enrichment and acidification of sensitive US lakes

 

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