PREVIOUS YEARS' INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS -

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  2006

• Jyh-How Huang (06) –
• Snow as a Conducting Media for Temperature. [ppt, 2.2M]

• Derek Sweeney (08) –
• Impact of Recreational Snow Compaction on Small Mammals in the Subnivean Space [ppt, 5.4M]

• Jason Blair (09) –
• Avalanches:  Disaster or Miracle? A Changing Ecological Effect [ppt, 1.2M]

  2009

• Ken Anderson (09) –
• Ecological and Economical Impact of Snow Molds [ppt, 1.4M]

III.  Vegetation Winter Processes

  2005

• Charlie Morriss (05) –
• Evergreens and Sunlight [ppt, 160K]

• Tim Moret (05) –
• Riparian Zones in Winter [ppt, 3.2M]

• Arden Piland (05) –
• Survival of Subnivean vs. Supranivean Plants: The Snow Buttercup and Engelmann Spruce [ppt, 1.2M]

• Tyler Bieneman (05) –
• Lodgepole Pine / Ponderosa Pine Ecotone vs. Lodgepole Pine / Limber Pine Ecotone  [ppt, 1.3M]

• Alan Rosacker (05) –
• Stem Morphology for Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) and Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) [ppt, 4M]

• Kyle Cunningham (06) –
• A Winter Comparison Study of Dominant Alpine Plant Communities in the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Chugach Mountains of Southern Alaska. [ppt, 800k]

• Kate Samelson (06) –
• Winter Ecological Interactions between Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems. [ppt, 1.3M]

• Philip Neumann (08) –
• The Impact of Lodgepole Pine Size on Heat-formed Tree Wells [ppt, 1.7M]

• Miles Daly (08) –
• The Impact of Forest on Snowpack Stability [ppt, 500k]

• Jason Ward (08) –
• Hydrologic Change & Riparian Forests  [ppt, 600k]

• Andrea Dixon (09) –
• Effects of Snowpack on Plant Community [ppt, 1M] - re: Alpine plant community composition

• Brian Schleckser (09) –
• What are the Effects of Exposure on the Treeline Ecosystem?  [ppt, 7.4M]

  2009

• Sara Fairchild (09) –
• Winter and its Effects on Soil Respiration  [ppt, 900k]

• Ryan Provencher
• Nutrient Distribution in the Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems of the Front Range  [ppt, 2.7M]

V.  Arthropod Winter Ecology

  2006

• Jeff McClenahan (06) –
• Winter Adaptations of the Leaf Litter and Soil Arthropod Collembola.  [ppt, 1.1M]

• Liz Manley (08) –
• Examining Overwinter Cold-hardiness in Insects [ppt, 2.2M]

• Ashley Noonan (08) –
• Alpine Glacial Melt: The Effects on Invertebrates of Alpine Aquatic Ecosystems [pdf, 12.5M]

• Matthew McClure (08) –
• Ice Streams & Invertebrates [ppt, 2.3M]

• Andrew Habig (09)
• Winter Mortalities of the Mountain Pine Beetle [ppt, 500k]

  2008

• Lauren Pacheco (08) –
• Cold Tolerant Fish in Alpine Streams [pdf, 300k]

  2005

• Megan McCarthy (05) –
• The Lynx and the Snowshoe Hare: Which Factors Cause the Cyclical Oscillations in the Population? [ppt, 900K]

• Chad Martens (05) –
• Are Alpine Species Disappearing?: The Effects of Climate Change on Alpine Vertebrates in the Rocky Mountains. [ppt, 920K]

• Sheryn Olson (05) –
• Adaptations of Mustelinae to Winter, or: They Didn’t Listen to Bergmann [ppt, 1M]

• Joanna Denninghoff (05) –
• Ecological Influences of Canis lupus arctos and Canis lupus of Yellowstone National Park [ppt, 5M]

• Bobby Bennett (06) –
• Hibernation of the Black and Brown Bear [ppt, 520K]

• Justina Thorsen (06) –
• A Comparison of Abert Squirrels, Pine Squirrels and Fox Squirrels with Respect to Life in the Cold. [ppt, 4M]

• Kelly Matheson (06) –
Seasonal Coat Color Distribution of Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel) in North America [ppt, 830k]

• David Rosengarten (08) –
• Road Permeability Issues and Solutions for Ungulates [ppt, 2.7M]

• Kevin Kohler (08) –
• Effect of Winter Phases on Survival of Subnivean Mammals [ppt, 400k]

• Taylor Loen (09) –
• Implications of Beetle Killed Lodgepole Pine Effects on the Red Squirrel in Winter [ppt, 100k]

• Noel DiPaola (09) –
• In What Way is Climate Change Affecting the Small Rodent Community? [ppt, 2.4M] - re: Lemmings

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rev.  2 Mar 09