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Rmenvdata.Xlsx, George P. Malanson Dec 2016

Rmenvdata.Xlsx, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Environmental data for 320 plots in Rocky Mountains alpine tundra


Rmalpinecoverdata.Pdf, George P. Malanson Dec 2016

Rmalpinecoverdata.Pdf, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Species cover data for alpine tundra sites, Rocky Mountains


Westalpinespecies.Pdf, George P. Malanson Dec 2016

Westalpinespecies.Pdf, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

No abstract provided.


Damm_Komarkova_Cover.Xlsx, George P. Malanson Dec 2016

Damm_Komarkova_Cover.Xlsx, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

No abstract provided.


Ecotone Response To Climatic Variability Depends On Stress Gradient Interactions, George P. Malanson Dec 2016

Ecotone Response To Climatic Variability Depends On Stress Gradient Interactions, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

No abstract provided.


Malanson Gp, Resler Lm. 2016. A Size Gradient Hypothesis For Alpine Treeline Ecotones. Journal Of Mountain Science 13: 1154-1161., George P. Malanson Dec 2015

Malanson Gp, Resler Lm. 2016. A Size Gradient Hypothesis For Alpine Treeline Ecotones. Journal Of Mountain Science 13: 1154-1161., George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

No abstract provided.


Malanson Gp. 2015. Diversity Differs Among Three Variations Of The Stress Gradients Hypothesis In Two Representations Of Niche Space. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 384: 121-130., George P. Malanson Dec 2014

Malanson Gp. 2015. Diversity Differs Among Three Variations Of The Stress Gradients Hypothesis In Two Representations Of Niche Space. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 384: 121-130., George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Malanson GP. 2015. Diversity differs among three variations of the stress gradients hypothesis in two representations of niche space. Journal of Theoretical Biology 384: 121-130.


Biosphere-Human Feedbacks: A Physical Geography Perspective, George P. Malanson Dec 2013

Biosphere-Human Feedbacks: A Physical Geography Perspective, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Biogeography has many connections to people but fewer to human geography.


Microtopographic Heterogeneity Constrains Alpine Plant Diversity, Glacier National Park, Mt, George Malanson, Jonathan Rose Dec 2011

Microtopographic Heterogeneity Constrains Alpine Plant Diversity, Glacier National Park, Mt, George Malanson, Jonathan Rose

George P Malanson

Theoretical and empirical evidence exists for a postive relationship between environmental heterogeneity and species diversity. Contrary to our expectations, microtopographic heterogeneity does not promote the diversity of alpine plants.


Geomorphic Determinants Of Species Composition Of Alpine Tundra, Glacier National Park, U.S.A., George P. Malanson Dec 2011

Geomorphic Determinants Of Species Composition Of Alpine Tundra, Glacier National Park, U.S.A., George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Because the distribution of alpine tundra is associated with spatially limited cold climates, global warming may threaten its local extent or existence. This notion has been challenged, however, based on observations of the diversity of alpine tundra in small areas primarily due to topographic variation. The importance of diversity in temperature or moisture conditions caused by topographic variation is an open question, and we extend this to geomorphology more generally. The extent to which geomorphic variation per se, based on relatively easily assessed indicators, can account for the variation in alpine tundra community composition is analyzed versus the inclusion of …


Mountain Treelines: A Roadmap For Research Orientation, George P. Malanson Dec 2010

Mountain Treelines: A Roadmap For Research Orientation, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

For over 100 years, mountain treelines have been the subject of varied research endeavors and remain a strong area of investigation. The purpose of this paper is to examine aspects of the epistemology of mountain treeline research—that is, to investigate how knowledge on treelines has been acquired and the changes in knowledge acquisition over time, through a review of fundamental questions and approaches. The questions treeline researchers have raised and continue to raise have undoubtedly directed the current state of knowledge. A continuing, fundamental emphasis has centered on seeking the general cause of mountain treelines, thus seeking an answer to …


Adding Ecosystem Function To Agent-Based Land Use Models, Vineet Yadav, S Del Grosso, William Parton, George Malanson Dec 2007

Adding Ecosystem Function To Agent-Based Land Use Models, Vineet Yadav, S Del Grosso, William Parton, George Malanson

George P Malanson

The objective of this paper is to examine issues in the inclusion of simulations of ecosystem functions in agent-based models of land use decision-making,


Endogenous Fractal Dynamics At Alpine Treeline Ecotones, George P. Malanson Dec 2005

Endogenous Fractal Dynamics At Alpine Treeline Ecotones, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

Many of the hypotheses proposed to explain ecotones are based on an individualistic paradigm and are essentially static. While they include local feedbacks, they ignore the interactions between pattern and process across scales. These feedbacks in ecotones are nonlinear in nature and complicate the relations of pattern and process in vegetation, which, combined with observed fractal patterns, suggests a complexity science approach to investigate ecotone dynamics. A cellular automaton of alpine treeline, including nonlinear, local, positive, and negative feedbacks in tree establishment and mortality, as reported in field studies, is used as a model system. Fourier analysis of simulated alpine …


Intensity As A Third Factor Of Disturbance Regime And Its Effect On Species Diversity, George P. Malanson Dec 1983

Intensity As A Third Factor Of Disturbance Regime And Its Effect On Species Diversity, George P. Malanson

George P Malanson

No abstract provided.