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Biosphere Reserve Information Overview

Niwot Ridge

Location:     40°00'N; 105°30'W

Elevation:    2,866 - 3,780 m above sea level

 

 

  Contact address William D. Bowman
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Mountain Research Station, INSTAAR
Mountain Research Station
818 Country Road 116
Nederland, Colorado 80466
United States of America
  Telephone (1)(303) 492-2557
  Fax (1)(303) 492-8699
  email bowman@spot.colorado.edu

Text Box: Administrative authorities
Mountain Research Station, Niwot Ridge University of Colorado
Major Ecosystem Type
Mixed mountain and highland systems
Year Designed
1979

Niwot Ridge and the surrounding Indian Peaks, Front Range of the southern Rocky Mountains. Niwot Ridge has been used as a site for intensive alpine ecological research for over 3 decades, including the National Science Foundation sponsored Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research program. The flower in the foreground is Hymenoxis acaulis (old woman of the mountain). Photo by William D. Bowman.

Related links...

Mountain Research Station
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Site
Niwot Ridge/Green Lakes Valley
Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Site
 

  

Last updated: 07/01/2005

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