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Wide view Colorado mountains, wildflowers2. Various views mountains, snow 3. Close-up sign to Gothic, site of The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory4. Various views researchers trapping...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST: Gothic, Colorado, USA - July 2006\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide view Colorado mountains, wildflowers\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various views mountains, snow \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up sign to Gothic, site of The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various views researchers trapping marmots, weighing and releasing them\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English): Dan Blumstein, UCLA Ecology Professor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The longest study that I know of at the lab is the marmot data set, which was begun in 1962 by Ken Armitage, an emeritus professor at University of Kansas. I have inherited Ken's study system and am trying to continue this so that we can continue to learn more about climatic factors and social factors affecting marmot population biology.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid view Blumstein and researchers looking for marmots\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various view marmots being trapped\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up marmot being released\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English): Dan Blumstein, UCLA Ecology Professor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In our valley, in recent history, it is warmer in the spring and there is more spring snow pack. Both of these things seemingly influence the marmots. The working hypothesis that we are trying to evaluate better is that marmots, the timing of marmot emergence is based on spring temperatures. So if it is warmer, earlier then marmots seemingly emerge earlier.  In our valley, in the spring, we also have more snow so there is a deeper snow pack. So when marmots emerge earlier through a deeper snow pack they have a longer time to wait before vegetation grows up and while they are out there and the place is covered with snow, the coyotes are out eating the marmots. So here is sort of a double whammy - they have to survive longer without eating because there is no food for them to eat - they don't save food they store fat and suddenly the predators are out picking off these brown little spots on the snow that have no place to run too.\"    \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up wildflowers at waters edge\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid view pond, reflection of mountains\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close-up sparrow singing\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close-up sparrow being measured\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English): Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan Professor of Natural Resources and Environment:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The trend in the last few years seems that it has been getting both warmer and drier and at the same time what we have been seeing is the sparrow population decreasing. When I originally came to this site we picked this area because the bird population was really dense, there were lots of birds it was a good study population.  These days there aren't as many birds around. You work in these ecosystems you really care about them some extent you really invest a lot of energy doing research here and it is sad to see them slowly disappear and get degraded.  So definitely there is an emotional component to it but there is also a very practical component, you can't do much research if your birds are gone, right?\"     \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close-up blood being taken from sparrow\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up sparrow being released\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various views David Inouye studying flora\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English): Professor David Inouye, University of Maryland:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So this year we had a pretty good snow pack, but it melted pretty quickly and that started the growing season early.  That got some of these plants, like the lupins, off to an early start forming buds and then we had a hard frost.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close-up Professor Inouye studying flowers\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English): Professor David Inouye, University of Maryland:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We seem to have a growing deer population in this valley - perhaps in part because the winters are not as harsh as they used to be and there is not as many deer dying during the wintertime.\" \u003cbr/\u003e21. Close-up deer in valley, eating\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English): Professor David Inouye, University of Maryland:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The predictions for this area is that these meadows full of wildflowers may 50-75 years from now be primarily meadows full of sagebrush - which is what we are used to seeing at maybe one to two thousand feet lower than what we are at right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid view sagebrush environment found at lower altitudes\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide, tilt up view of Professor Inouye walking through valley to view of mountains \u003cbr/\u003eClimate change is the subject of studies around the world as the debate on global warming continues.\u003cbr/\u003eA Colorado research centre in the Rocky Mountains is conducting one of the most extensive studies on the world's changing climate and its affect on the local environment. \u003cbr/\u003eThis pristine wilderness in Colorado's Rocky Mountains is the home to one of the world's most extensive studies on climate change and its affects on local flora and fauna.\u003cbr/\u003eSituated in the abandoned mining town of Gothic, the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory is a high-altitude field research centre that has, for more than 70 years, been the hub of studies by a myriad of biologists and their students.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile looking at a wide variety of flora and fauna of the region, the scientists are all studying aspects of climate change and global warming.\u003cbr/\u003eYellow-bellied marmots are one of the key animals in the local ecosystem and are being studied by Dan Blumstein, UCLA Professor of Ecology.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Blumstein and his research assistants are observing and recording details of the marmots they have trapped so they can test theories as to why there is a growing mortality rate among the animals.\u003cbr/\u003eThe researchers have found significant adverse effects in the stout-bodied burrowing rodent population - they are running out of food and becoming easy prey for the coyotes when they emerge earlier from their winter hibernation.\u003cbr/\u003eNearby Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan professor of Natural Resources and Environment is studying white crowned sparrows and the diseases that they carry - from avian malaria to the encroaching West Nile Virus. \u003cbr/\u003eIndirectly he is also documenting the affect of a changing climate.\u003cbr/\u003eIn recent years, Professor Foufopoulos has seen a dramatic change in the small bird population, saying \"when I originally came to this site we picked this area because the bird population was really dense, there were lots of birds it was a good study population.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNow he acknowledges that there aren't as many birds around and believes it can be traced to the dryer, warmer weather which has reduced the number of insects the birds feed upon.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Foufopoulos says the decreasing bird population has affected him on a practical as well as emotional level.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother indicator of change in the mountains is the growth patterns of plants and wildflowers. \u003cbr/\u003eUniversity of Maryland researcher David Inouye (PRO: in'-oh-ay) has spent more than 20 years documenting the demography, pollination and seed production of local plant life.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Inouye echoes other scientists who have observed changes to his study subjects with temperature increases.\u003cbr/\u003eHe 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