Montane Meadows as a Microcosm for Predicting Global Change

Montane Meadows as a Microcosm for Predicting Global Change

Montane Meadows as Indicators of Environmental Change

We used a time series of satellite multispectral imagery for mapping and monitoring six classes of montane meadows arrayed along a moisture gradient (from hydric to mesic to xeric). We hypothesized that mesic meadows would support the highest species diversity of plants, birds, and butterflies because they are more moderate environments. We also hypothesized that mesic meadows would exhibit the...

Avian Studies in Montane Meadows: Songbird Abundance and Nesting Success

Global climate change: predicting the weather.

In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. His action infuriated Zeus, who then chained the giant to a rock in the ocean where he was lashed by the seas and burned by the sun. Today, humans' ability to capture energy and use it as we wish may be leading us toward a similar fate. Records from glacial ice cores and direct air sampling confirm that since the ind...

Change as an opportunity - Collaborative research in a fluctuating global landscape

Dear Editor, We note with great enthusiasm the advancesto the medical field that have been broughtabout by international collaboration betweenmedical researchers in different countries.Collaboration occurs when “2 or more entitieswork together to produce a desired and sharedoutcome” (1). Literature on the topic notesspecifically the strategic alignment of globalpartnerships with global health p...