First Researcher of the Season!Zak Gezon, graduate student from Dartmouth College, is the first official researcher in residence for the 2012 season in Gothic."I am looking at how altered phenology affects plant reproduction and the mechanisms involved. I am altering snow pack to advance and delay flowering phenology, and then looking at changes in plant reproduction, pollinator visitation, pollen limitation and other relevant factors. I am also trying to build emergence models of some ground nesting bee species. The pyramid-type things are emergence traps. I am placing them on the ground so that emerging bees will be captured, and can later be identified. I have temperature data loggers in the soil, so I will be able to create thermal-sum emergence models, which will help to determine if phenological asynchronies between plants and their pollinators is likely to occur given climate change."   Keep up to Date on RMBL and Reconnect with Alumni and Friends on Facebook |
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Ian's Blog It was during my first summer as a student in Gothic, the summer of 1988, that I met Chris Johnson. For me, and I suspect for many others, a first encounter with RMBL can be a bit overwhelming. As a kid who grew up in the vertically challenged state of Kansas and then went to college in Texas, Gothic, Colorado... |
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