Final Report: An Integrated Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Rocky Mountain National Park and its Gateway Community: Interactions of Multiple Stressors
Hobbs NT, Baron JS, Cooper DJ, Coughenour MB, Covich A, Dickens J, Galbraith H, Landrum L, Loomis J, McDuff M, Ojima D, Theobald DM, Weiler S. Final Report: An Integrated Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Rocky Mountain National Park and its Gateway Community: Interactions of Multiple Stressors
The main objective of this project was to understand how climate influences human and natural systems in the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and its gateway community, Estes Park, CO. To do so, we addressed the following specific objectives: (1) assess the potential consequences of changing land use and climate for landscape structure, aquatic biota, terrestrial wildlife, and native plant communities; (2) extend these biotic effects to predict likely changes in visitation and the implications of those changes for the local economy; and (3) based on the understandings gained above, help stakeholders identify and evaluate potential ways to respond to a changing landscape and climate.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hobbs, N.; Baron, Jill; Cooper, David; Coughenour, Michael; Covich, Alan; Dickens, Joyce; Galbraith, Hector; Landrum, Laura; Loomis, John; McDuff, Mallory; Ojima, Dennis; Theobald, David; Weiler, Stephan
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Air, aquatic, aquatic ecology, aquatic systems, biodiversity, biotic response, climate change, climate models, collaborative design, contingent valuation, Ecological Risk Assessment, ecology, economic models, economic preferences, economics, ecosystem, ecosystem models, ecosystem protection, environmental monitoring, gateway communities, global climate, habitat, hydrology, integrated assessment, land use, landscape change, landscape characterization, landscape characterization., modeling, preferences, public policy, RFA, Scientific Discipline, social science, state, survey, terrestrial, terrestrial ecosystems, terrestrial systems, water quality, watershed, western
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds