Rocky Mountains
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Cold winters and low growing-season precipitation characterize these diverse sites. Precipitation increases and temperatures decline with elevation.
Sites assimilated thus far include the networks from Miranda Redmond, Andreas Wion, and Kyle Rodman. Roman Zlotin contributed observations from Sevilleta, which also included the efforts of Diana Macias, Robert Parmenter, and Orrin Myers. Ian Pearse compiled Boulder Canyon observations from Yan Linhardt extending back decades. This region includes the seed-trap study at Niwot Ridge from Tom Veblen and Robbie Andrus and NEON plots sampled by the Duke lab.
Yellowstone is a NEON site sampled by the Duke and NCSU labs. Data from the Greater Yellowstone Monitoring Network was obtained with the help of Kristin Legg, Rob Daley, and Erin Shanahan.