Montane

The USGS conducts research on mountains and other high-altitude regions. Listed below are samples of USGS research efforts that involve montane ecosystems.

• Assess Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on Hawaiian High-Elevation Ecosystems (PIERC) (also related to Global Change)

• Ecology and Management of Montane Wetlands (Northern Rocky Mountains) (NRMSC)

• Ecosystem and Biological Diversity of Hawaiian Montane Wet Forests and the Impact of Feral Pigs (PIERC) (also related to Forests; Invasive Species)

• Fire History and Ecology in the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico (FORT) (also related to Fire)

• Integrated Science to Understand Lake and Wetland Ecosystems of the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRMSC) (also related to Rivers, Streams, & Lakes; Wetlands)

• NRMSC - Climate Change and Thresholds of Ecosystem Change: Invasibility of Tundra in the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRMSC) (also related to Global Change)

• NRMSC - Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems (NRMSC) (also related to Global Change)
  
  
• NRMSC - Climatic Variability, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Disturbance in Mountain Protected Areas: Assessing the Vulnerability of Natural Resources (NRMSC) (also related to Global Change)

• Sensitivity of Pacific Island Tropical Montane Cloud Forests to Climate Change (Hawaii, Pacific Islands) (PIERC) (also related to Forests; Global Change)

• Western Mountain Initiative (FORT, NRMSC, WERC) (also related to Forests, Global Change)

	More Research Samples from: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT) Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NRMSC) Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)