About This BlogIn natural resource management, decisions and actions are based on the best available science...or at least they should be. Here we will highlight local examples of science and management collaborations and explore practical reasons why it doesn't always work according to theory. Watching Trees Grow: Bandelier Ecologists Observe Trees Shrinking and Swelling for over Twenty Years
February 12, 2014
Have you ever tried to watch a tree grow? While we all know that trees do grow, measuring how much they grow can be a challenge. Imagine being asked to find out how much bigger or smaller, or taller or shorter, a tree becomes over the course of days, weeks, months, or years. How long might it take you to notice if a tree had changed in size? Using historic photographs to track landscape changes in Bandelier National Monument
September 18, 2013
As we study the thin skin of life on the surface of Earth, we find an extremely complex symphony that is not static, but changes through both time and space. The Jemez Mountains and Bandelier National Monument are no exception. Here, the landscape is rich with a history of powerful natural disturbances such as volcanism and fires, shifting climates, and 10,000 years of human inhabitation. The Science of Pitfalls
September 15, 2012
Last month, Theresa Murphy was able to participate in one of our four yearly collections of ground dwelling arthropods at Bandelier. Sampled four times a year, these collections are designed for long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling arthropod diversity and population dynamics at Bandelier National Monument. |
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