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Patterns and potential consequences of a changing sulfur cycle in high elevation wetlands
Patterns and potential consequences of a changing sulfur cycle in high elevation wetlands
Sarah ElmendorfMay 19, 2025
Climate-driven sulfate export in alpine watersheds may stimulate methylmercury production
Climate-driven sulfate export in alpine watersheds may stimulate methylmercury production
Sarah ElmendorfMay 19, 2025
Tundra vegetation community type, not microclimate, controls asynchrony of above- and below-ground phenology
Tundra vegetation community type, not microclimate, controls asynchrony of above- and below-ground phenology
Sarah ElmendorfApril 4, 2025
Evaluating the utility of hyperspectral data to monitor local-scale β-Diversity across space and time
Evaluating the utility of hyperspectral data to monitor local-scale β-Diversity across space and time
Sarah ElmendorfNovember 13, 2024
Temporal variability and predictability predict alpine plant community composition and distribution patterns
Temporal variability and predictability predict alpine plant community composition and distribution patterns
Sarah ElmendorfOctober 31, 2024
Long-term alpine plant responses to global change drivers depend on functional traits
Long-term alpine plant responses to global change drivers depend on functional traits
Sarah ElmendorfOctober 16, 2024
Watershed responses to climate change-driven disturbances in temperate montane ecosystems of the western United States
Watershed responses to climate change-driven disturbances in temperate montane ecosystems of the western United States
Sarah ElmendorfOctober 11, 2024
Shifting alpine plant distributions with global change: Testing the environmental matching hypothesis
Shifting alpine plant distributions with global change: Testing the environmental matching hypothesis
Sarah ElmendorfSeptember 18, 2024
Factors controlling the water quality of rock glacier springs in European and American mountain ranges
Factors controlling the water quality of rock glacier springs in European and American mountain ranges
Sarah ElmendorfSeptember 13, 2024
Snow drifts as a driver of alpine plant productivity as observed from weekly multispectral drone imagery
Snow drifts as a driver of alpine plant productivity as observed from weekly multispectral drone imagery
Sarah ElmendorfSeptember 3, 2024
Reimagining earth in the earth system
Reimagining earth in the earth system
Sarah ElmendorfAugust 23, 2024
Biodiversity in changing environments: An external-driver internal-topology framework to guide intervention
Biodiversity in changing environments: An external-driver internal-topology framework to guide intervention
Sarah ElmendorfJuly 20, 2024
Changes in snow water storage and hydrologic partitioning in an alpine catchment in the Colorado Front Range
Changes in snow water storage and hydrologic partitioning in an alpine catchment in the Colorado Front Range
Sarah ElmendorfJuly 11, 2024
Early snowmelt advances flowering phenology and disrupts the drivers of pollinator visitation in an alpine ecosystem
Early snowmelt advances flowering phenology and disrupts the drivers of pollinator visitation in an alpine ecosystem
Sarah ElmendorfJune 20, 2024
Divergent community trajectories with climate change across a fine-scale gradient in snow depth
Divergent community trajectories with climate change across a fine-scale gradient in snow depth
Sarah ElmendorfNovember 24, 2023
Topographic heterogeneity and aspect moderate exposure to climate change across an alpine tundra hillslope
Topographic heterogeneity and aspect moderate exposure to climate change across an alpine tundra hillslope
Sarah ElmendorfNovember 2, 2023
Trophic group specific responses of alpine nematode communities to 18 years of N addition and codominant plant removal
Trophic group specific responses of alpine nematode communities to 18 years of N addition and codominant plant removal
Sarah ElmendorfOctober 18, 2023
Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Sarah ElmendorfJuly 20, 2023
Sampling a pika’s pantry: Temporal shifts in nutritional quality and winter preservation of American pika food caches
Sampling a pika’s pantry: Temporal shifts in nutritional quality and winter preservation of American pika food caches
Sarah ElmendorfMay 12, 2023
Weekly high-resolution multi-spectral and thermal uncrewed-aerial-system mapping of an alpine catchment during summer snowmelt, Niwot Ridge, Colorado
Weekly high-resolution multi-spectral and thermal uncrewed-aerial-system mapping of an alpine catchment during summer snowmelt, Niwot Ridge, Colorado
Sarah ElmendorfApril 18, 2023
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