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The effects of anthropogenic noise and human activities on ungulate behavior	Reproductive ecology of the Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis)

Factors controlling long-term community development of a sagebrush steppe ecosystem	Response of native phreatophytes to changes in precipitation regime in the San Luis Valley, Colorado

Is thin and chip an ecologically viable fuels reduction option? Initial results in Black Hills ponderosa pine forests	Herbaceous and avifauna responses to prescribed fire and grazing timing in a high-elevation sagebrush ecosystem

Evaluating the success of Arkansas darter translocations in Colorado: An occupancy sampling approach	The influence of chilling requirement on the southern distribution limit of exotic Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in western North America

Impact of methanotroph ecology on upland methane biogeochemistry in grassland soils	The effect of mountain pine beetle caused mortality on subalpine forest stand and landscape structure in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

Practical strategies for reducing ammonia volatilization from feedlots along Colorado's Front Range	Motorized winter recreation impacts on snowpack properties

Patterns of floristic diversity in wet meadows and fens of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA	An investigation of nitrogen fixation by russet buffaloberry in Colorado conifer forests

Effects of mountain pine beetle on forest structure and fuel load 25-30 years after an outbreak in Western Colorado	Impacts of thawing permafrost on nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem

Soil shear resistance and plant community recovery after disturbance in a montane riparian ecosystem	Stand structure and wood production efficiency in Black Hills ponderosa pine

Plant-insect interactions and management options for Verbascum thapsus L. in Colorado	Evaluation of a novel wildlife telemetry device with data transfer capabilities

Home range, site fidelity, reproductive ecology, and den site characteristics of the San Clemente Island fox	Climatic and hydrologic processes leading to recent wetland losses in Yellowstone National Park, USA

Inferring mating behavior and reproductive success of ( Agkistrodon contortrix) using molecular parentage assignment tests	The effects of long term drainage and restoration on soil properties of southern Rocky Mountain sedge fens

Conservation agriculture: Impacts on soil N2O emissions and adoption by farmers	Dead trees do tell tales: Investigations into the role of fires on archaeological site location and recognition in the Piney Creek Drainage of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Spatial and temporal controls on pinyon and juniper seedling establishment in the Uncompahgre Plateau, western Colorado	The effects of temperature and moisture on alpine microbial processes across a gradient of soil development

Barriers to establishment and growth of cottonwoods in Yellowstone National Park's northern range	The ecology of an irrigation system: Wetland creation in an agricultural landscape

Long-term demography of a white-tailed ptarmigan ( Lagopus leucura) population in Colorado	Aspen forests on the Uncompahgre Plateau: Current and future expectations

Climate change consequences of geographic variation in growth and phenology of two dominant central US grasses	The impact of energy sprawl on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Simulated carbon and nitrogen dynamics in turfgrass systems using the DAYCENT model	Effects of birdwatchers on sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) behavior at spring stopover sites in the San Luis Valley, Colorado

Ecological consequences of increased nitrogen deposition in three Northern Great Plains grasslands	Influence of climatic zones on the distribution and abundance of damage agents and forest types in Colorado, United States and Jalisco, Mexico

Dispersal of an invasive tumbleweed	A survey of Colorado Plateau stream insect communities: The roles of riparian leaf litter and hydrologic variation on species growth and community structure

Population genetics, fragmentation and plague in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)	Genetic studies of northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis): Genetic tagging and individual identification from feathers, and determining phylogeography, gene flow and population history for goshawks in North America

Trace gas biogeochemistry in response to wildfire and forest management in ponderosa pine ecosystems of Colorado	Generalized mixed effects models for estimating demographic parameters with mark-resight data

Moving beyond the aggregated models: Woody plant size influences on savanna function and dynamics	The role of CpNifS in selenium and sulfur plant metabolism: Implications for phytoremediation and photosynthesis

Sensitivity of grassland ecosystems across the Great Plains to present and future variability in precipitation	Diversity and dynamics of rodent-borne Bartonella bacteria are regulated by rodent community and host population parameters

Large ungulate effects on nitrogen dynamics in riparian ecosystems of Colorado	Indirect effects in plant-pollinator interactions: The role of exotic plants and herbivores

Characterize southwestern U.S. pinon-juniper woodlands: Seeing the "old" trees for the "young" forest	Patterns of growth dominance and neighborhood effects in Eucalyptus plantations and tropical forests

Mutualisms relation to swainsonine in Oxytropis from the United States and China	Recovering spatially and temporally dynamic regional scale carbon flux estimates

Pedological and ecological controls on biogenic silica cycling in grass dominated ecosystems	Plant community and ecosystem change on Conservation Reserve Program lands in northeastern Colorado

Nonlinear responses to food availability shape effects of habitat fragmentation on consumers	Microbial responses to plant functional types and historical resources additions in the shortgrass steppe

Development and utilization of molecular tools to understand invasion biology in Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed)	Short time analysis of deterministic ODE solutions and the expected value of the corresponding birth-death process

Disturbance impacts on understory plant communities of the Colorado Front Range	Avian conservation and ecology in northern Vietnam

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense [L.] Scop.) response to mowing, herbicide, competitive grasses, and soil amendments on wetland, upland, and mesic sites	Causes and management of exotic riparian plant invasion in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

Pathogen persistence in wildlife populations: Case studies of plague in prairie dogs and rabies in bats	Breeding success, prey use, and mark-resight estimation of burrowing owls nesting on black-tailed prairie dog towns: Plague affects a non-susceptible raptor

Woody cover in African savannas: Mapping strategies and ecological insights at regional and continental scales	Cultivating the Savanna: Implications of land use change for Maasai livelihoods and wildlife conservation in East Africa

Habitat use, territoriality, and parental behavior of orange-crowned warblers (Oreothlypis celata)	Monitoring amphibian populations and the status of wood frogs and boreal chorus frogs in the Kawuneeche Valley of Rocky Mountain National Park

Ecological interactions involving plant selenium hyperaccumulation	Effects of riparian grazing on terrestrial invertebrate subsidies that feed trout in central Rocky Mountain streams

Density, demography, and seasonal movements of snowshoe hares in central Colorado	Biophysical behavior in tropical South America

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the North American steppe: Prevalence and diversity of associations, and divergence from native vegetation	An alternate state approach to range management in the sagebrush steppe

Sensitivity of microbial community physiology to soil moisture and temperature in an old field ecosystem	Ecological and evolutionary consequences of Allee effects in small founder populations of invasive species

Moist synoptic transport of CO2 along midlatitude storm tracks, transport uncertainty, and implications for CO2 flux estimation	Reproductive, behavioral, and first generational effects of gonadotropin releasing hormone vaccination in female Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni)

Evolutionary and chemical ecology of Verbascum thapsus reveal potential mechanisms of invasion	Plant selenium accumulation and the rhizosphere effect

Laboratory mouse models for Bartonella bacterial infection: Bacteremia, host specificity, and pathology	Plant-soil feedbacks: A potential tool to improve management of invasive knapweeds

Drought tolerance and implications for vegetation-climate interactions in the Amazon forest	Wolves, elk, and willows: Alternate states and transition thresholds on Yellowstone's northern range

Intra- and interspecific variation along environmental gradients: Adaptation, plasticity, and range limits	Dung beetles and their nematode parasites as ecosystem engineers and agents of disease

Climate change and plant species composition and community structure in the central grassland region of North America	Microbial and biogeochemical responses to changing precipitation patterns in grassland ecosystems

Population ecology of feral horses in an era of fertility control management	Simulating species assemblages and evaluating species richness estimators

Gunnison Sage-grouse demography and conservation	Regional methods for evaluating the effects of flow alteration on stream ecosystems

The ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions among hybrid populations of the invasive plant, tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), in the western United States	Disentangling fire, climate, forest structure, and land-use history interactions in Mexico's northern Sierra Madre

Ecology of bison, elk, and vegetation in an arid ecosystem	Black bear ecology and human-bear interactions in an urban system