What are some of the long-term datasets at the Lab?
Some of Lab’s research projects involve long-term monitoring that go back more than 30 years. Such projects are extremely important for detecting and understanding the consequences of changes in the environment, such as changes in temperature, precipitation, air quality, and pollinators. Some examples are below. • The mark-recapture study of marmots, started by Dr. Ken Armitage and continued by Dr. Dan Blumstein, dates back to 1962 and is one of the oldest non-game mark-recapture studies in the world. • Dr. David Inouye started his ongoing study on wildflower phenology in 1973. • Gothic hermit, billy barr, started daily monitoring avalanches, weather, and the spring arrival of birds in 1972. • Dr. Scottie Willey and Dr. Bob Willey started monitoring stream insects in 1972, a study continued by Dr. Bobbi Peckarsky. • Work on the population numbers of the tiger salamanders started in 1988.
