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A field research facility dedicated to the advancement of mountain environmental science
Located at 2900 m (9500 feet) in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies, the Mountain Research Station is an interdisciplinary facility of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research providing research and educational opportunities for scientists, students, and the general public.
Mountain Pine Beetle Attacks
Over the past decade the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendrocthonus ponderosae) has killed millions of pine trees from New Mexico to the Yukon Territory, as a result of an unprecedented explosion in their numbers. The causes behind the beetle outbreak has been the topic of research by numerous ecologists. Possible causes have focused primarily on climate change induced stress on the trees, rendering them more susceptible to attack, as...
