Transcript Alpine Tundra and Sub Alpine Forest Nutrient Cycling By: Ryan

Winter Ecology Spring 2009
Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado,
Boulder
What Processes and Conditions
Alter Nutrient Distribution in the
Alpine and Subalpine zones of
Niwot Ridge?
Climate- locally and regionally
Landscape Continuum Model
Climate Change
Anthropogenic Alterations
Conceptual Framework
Complexity of interactions
Resource distribution
Transport processes
Transport Processes
Climate Change
Nitrogen Deposition
Areas of Amplification
Down hill transport
Dry fall
Redistribution of Snow
Areas of amplified resources
SOIL NUTRIENTS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL
CYCLING IN THE FOREST-ALPINE TUNDRA
ECOTONE
-Aspect and side of Continental divide
-Winter soil temperatures highly dependant on snow depth
-Length of growing season
-Talus tundra slope
-Microtopography and microclimates of Krummholz
- Stable microclimates great source for global change
studies.
Extreme and Complex System
The Landscape Continuum Model
Global Change
Interactions between transport processes
Zones of Amplification
Future studies and Current Studies
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