Research

 Diane Debinski (Iowa State University) researching climate change effects on butterflies in Grand Teton National Park

Congratulations to this years recipients of the University of Wyoming - National Park Service Small grants

• Dr. Robert Al-Chokhachy.  Montana State University. "Developing a stream temperature monitoring network in GTNP and YNP"
• Dr. Derek Craighead. Beringia South. "Using Genetic Data To Discern the Demographic History of Greater Sage-Grouse in NW Wyoming"
• Dr. Diane Debinski. Iowa State University. "Temporal Trajectories of Reproductive Phenology: A Window into Understanding Climate Change Effects" Dr. Michael Dillon. University of Wyoming.  "Seasonal and altitudinal variation in fatty acid composition of native bees"
• Dr. Thomas Hahn.  University of California Davis.  "Investigating how conifer diversity and availability influence the abundance and biology of the red crossbills
•  Dr. Robert Ricklefs.  University of Missouri-St. Louis.  "The Effects of a Complex Trophic Structure of Mammalian Host Species on the Ecology of Emerging Infectious Disease"
•  Dr. William Ripple.  Oregon StateUniversity. "Aspen, Elk, Wolves and Trophic Cascades in the Northern Yellowstone: Are aspen recovering since the return of wolves"
•  Dr. William Romme.  Colorado State University. "Millennial-scale fire and vegetation history in forests of YNP determined through radiocarbon dating of soil charcoal"
• Dr. Scott Shaw. University of Wyoming.  "Study of Parasitic Wasp in Association with Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak"
• Dr. Sarah Spaulding.   United States Geological Survey.  "Atmospheric deposition of inorganic nitrogen in GTNP: seasonal and millennial impacts on high elevation lakes"
• Dr. Michael Weeks. University of Colorado- Boulder.  "Environmental and Cultural History of Jackson Hole Wildlife Park"