WMOD00290 ‎(2)‎

• Project Name: The Medicine Bow Ecology Project
• Title: The Potential Sensitivity of Various Ecosystem Components to Winter Precipitation Management in the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming
• Prepared For: Bureau of Reclaimation
• Date: 2/28/1975
• State: WY
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . v
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

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General Research Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
THE MEDiCiNE BOW MOUNTAINS: A BASELINE DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . 5
Geology and Soi ls . . 7
Natural Silver Concentrations 10
Cl imate and Hydrology . . . . . 16

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Snow. Duration and Growing Season Microclimate in Alpine
Tundra and Subalpine Meadows. . . . . '~. . . . . . .

Vegetation Ecology. . . . . . . . '. . . . . . . .

Plant Production of Three High-Elevation Ecosystems

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Birds and Mammals.

Lake. Fisheries ............ .'. .'.. '......

Human Ut i li zat i on . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
References . . .

THE IMPACT OF SNOW ON ELK

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THE IMPACT OF SNOW ON MULE DEER

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THE IMPACT OF SNOW ON HERBACEOUS AND SHRUBBY VEGETATION

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Subalpine Meadow Vegetation in R:elation to Environment
at Headquarters Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Response of Meadow Species Composition to
Artificially Prolonged Snow Cover. .".

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Understory Species Composition in Relation to Snow
Dur~tion in Subalpine Forests. . . . -. . . .

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The Abundance and Growth of Vacc;i n i um scoparium Le i b.
in Relation to Snow Duration ~~: . ~ . . . . . . . . . . 193

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