Does coinfection influence susceptibility to plague in black-tailed prairie dogs?
- Sarah O’Neil, Colorado State University, Undergraduate Student

Functional genetic diversity and pathogen resistance in black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus)
- Elizabeth Harp, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Aspects of swift fox (vulpes velox) behavioral ecology in relation to a bubonic plague event in Norheastern Colorado
- Amariah Anderson, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Prediction of species abundance using environmental gradients and traits in a bayesian belief network
- Matthew Pyne, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) as an ecosystem change indicator in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
- Tracy Baldyga, University of Wyoming, Graduate Student

Insect diversity and natural history of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- E. Apple Snider, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Effects of fertilization on surface active spiders
- Karl Wyant, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Western harvester ants: little helpers on a big landscape
- Lucy Burris, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Soil nitrogen patterns vary between microsites at the Hazaleus Natural Area
- Carol Seemueller, Rocky Mountain High School, High School Students

Developing a long-term monitoring network for soil carbon stocks in us agricultural lands
- Shannon Spencer, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Alpine and subalpine primary porduction determined by patterns of seasonal precipitation
- Aaron Berdanier, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Interactive effects of elevated CO2, warming and moisture on timing and rates of plant development in a northern mixed prairie ecosystem: enhancing the gpfarm model
- Melissa Reyes, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Decomposition dynamics of forest litter transplanted to a native sand prairie
- Jillian Yamartino and Emily Freitas, Colorado State University, Undergraduate Student

Morella faya and actinorhizal behavior
- William Vieth, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Does microbial acclimation play a part in soil carbon dynamics under warming?
- Megan Steinweg, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Use of native soil inoculum in the restoration of lands invaded by exotic weeds
- Thomas Grant, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Process-based modeling of ecological thresholds: a tool for management of bromus tectorum invaded communities
- Marques Munis, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

The effect of exotic species on production in ponderosa pine woodlands in the front range of colorado
- Kerry Byrne, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Reduced expression of defense-related transcripts of an invasive weed in its introduced range
- Amanda Broz, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

The distribution of cheatgrass in rocky mountain national park over time using predictive computer modeling
- Jim Bromberg, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Assessment of whitebark pine regeneration in burned areas of the shoshone and bridger-teton national forests and wind river reservation, wyoming
- Jennifer Klutsch, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Revegetation of fluvial mine tailing deposits: the use of riparian shrub species
- Natasha Davis, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Doing archaeology on the Pawnee National Grassland
- Robin Roberts, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

Recording, measuring, and identifying sounds in national parks
- National Park Service Natural Sounds Program, CSU / NPS, Graduate Students

The infusion of in depth science content into the fourth grade curriculum through the GK12 program
- Anthony Potthoff, University of Northern Colorado, Graduate Student

Bringing k-12 ecological science out of the classroom and into the field
- Shannon Spencer, Colorado State University, Graduate Student

How many planets do you need to live
- Mary Hunter-Laszlo, Werner Elementary School, Elementary School Students