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<br />content to I ne nut [it iona! needs of rot hcj r" i nsec(s, are ~ n <br />under active slmly at Gothic. Another focus is the use of <br />fresh water an imal commu nit ie.s a:,; models for 5t ud ying <br />intcraction~ of competition and predation. Hoth pond and <br />stream al';5Ociation:s arc under sludy, and the Mexican Cu~ <br />Resea rch Preserve has pJayed a cenl ra I role in this work. <br />Fina Ily, t here is the poten rial in on r region for m uc h rc~ <br />.sea reh on systems of direct import a nee to pa slu rc- or forest <br />management; such results could also illuminate fundamen- <br />lal concept ua 1 ([ lIestions. <br />Tbe research .support fadll:tic.!j.ln the l~aboratol'Y townsirc <br />a rc lib rary and :specimen coHee !ion:s, and la boratOl"y build. <br />i ngs. Tile J, C, Jollnson Library h uildi ng, hnilt in 1970, con, <br />tains ill its p('st~proor first story several hundred title.'i in <br />evolut io nary. ecological, and systematic biology. Seve ra I key <br />jou rna I :series are on hand. A main repdm eollcrtion now <br />contalus- about !, 800 tit les dealing wi III man'f as pee t.s of <br />weste 'n No,t h A meric. n hinlngy (.url gcnlogy), The R, K, <br />f:ndcrs mamm "logy l'eprint collect ion. of more than 2, OO[} <br />titles, is:also]lI'f"SCnt. <br />The R M HI. Herb., ium i, . synoptic cnllect inn of 1'1. n" <br />of the Gunn ison Basin. represent i ng all com mon species <br />and m... ny rare and unusual ones. The nuc lens of a working <br />synoptic collcclion of Gunnison Basin mammals was dona[- <br />ed by lk Cb...le, !land Icy and ,t ndent' in 1 9 72: t he begin. <br />ni ngs of insect a Ild ot her in'Vertebrat(' conee lions a:re ;jJ l:so <br />on Imnd. <br />R M n I ~ present Iy 11 as four la horat or y bll i Idi ngs, two of <br />whk h. Joh nson and Murray La boratorif's, honsr res{"a reh <br />act i 'Vi tics only. BOlh of these prov ide office eu bides wi l h <br />c l('(t de power and, in wme- cases, ru nui"1:" wat('r. Some <br />eubklf's are alw fiued with basC'hoard healers, thermostats, <br />and cxhausl fans for cxperhncmal wmperature <,omro!. <br />Joh nli:on La bora lory hou:'ii("i'ii a wd 1- equ i pped phowgr a ph ie <br />d a rkr-oom and a com mon ~ nse an i mal room. <br />Wce-SC" and Barday LaborlllOri<'S combine office and <br />rcaching: s-pacc. <br /> <br /> <br />R('$('.juch tcrhniquM ....aly grt'atly in ddkac)' dCpr:lldillg on lhe n-atme of lhe <br />ma!cnlll MUtiied, AIl't)Vf- h' Pet('r ] loch ll!Oe'S- tI: microsyringc to sample fir-l:'. <br />w~1 nectar- for laboralOl y d('1f'llllillatk1n of its sligar crnltoel'rt5_ I'Mow m ^ tall <br />M.a-ktnl)' 't"alcbcs up with a fllgiti....co during a :study or jose.a uumbe" and cl~- <br />lW'nia1 Ix-ba\'roT. <br /> <br />