THE NORTH AMERICAN GLORIA CHAPTER
Initiated by CIRMOUNT
www.fs.fed.us/psw/cirmount/gloria/north_america/
Connie Millar
USDA Forest Service
Pacific SW Research Stn
Albany, CA USA
Dan Fagre
USGS Science Center
Glacier National Park
W. Glacier, MT USA
Harald Pauli
Austrian Academy for
Interdisciplinary Mountain
Research, Vienna, Austria
Mountain Biosphere
Reserves Meeting
MRI/FAO
Entlebuch, Switzerland
2003
Dedicated to two very special
GLORIA pioneers: Georg & Hari
Georg, June, 2003, Barcroft Stn,
White Mtns, CA
North American GLORIA:
25 Target Regions:
- First in California & Montana, 2004
2 Master Sites:
- White Mtns, CA and Glacier NP, MT
Selawik Wilderness
Refuge, Alaska
US – SEL, 2007
Brooks Range, Alaska
US – BRC, 2007
J. Jorgenson
L. Nagy
K. Swerhun
Canadian Coast Range
British Columbia, CA
CA – CCR, 2006
K. Swerhun
Vancouver Island
British Columbia, CA
CA – VAN, 2006
M. Jones
Monts McGerrigle,
Chic Chocs Mtns
Quebec, Canada
CA - CAC, 2012
M. Jones
Monts Grouix,
Quebec, Canada
CA - GRO, 2010
San Juan Range,
Rocky Mtns, CO
US - SJM, 2006
B. Bowman
K. Nydick
Niwot Ridge,
Rocky Mtns, CO
US - CNR, 2007
D. Fagre
Pioneer and Pintlar
Ranges, MT
US - PIO, 2008
M. Apple
Glacier National Park,
Rocky Mtns, MT
US - GNP, 2004
Great Basin National Park
Snake Range, NV
US - GRB, 2008
C. Millar
C. Millar
Sierra Nevada
Mt Dunderberg, CA
US - SND, 2004
More CA TRs in Adelia Barber
and Jim Bishop’s talks
…Despite this new analysis, no clear evidence of
climate change could be found in the study area over the
last four decades…
…There are few trends that apply over the entire study
period for all of the climatic variables used in this study,
and some of them are contradictory…
Composite Weather Stations
Sierra Nevada
Millar et al. 2012
Mt Dunderberg GLORIA tidbit
retvd 082012, 3750 m
1/10
1/11
1/12
1/13
Sierra Nevada, CA
White Mtns, CA
Number of Species - number unique
Glacier National Park, MT
Low
Mid 1
Sierra 38
36
18
8
White 25
26
14
6
Mid 2 High Exotic Region
13
22
0
65
3
5
21
7
1
54
7
4
Glacier 51
59
82
39
1
136
Trends mostly inconclusive in CA among
resurveys -- see Adelia Barber’s talk
Glacier National Park: US- GNP, Dan Fagre
J. Hintz
NEW: Papaver pygmaeum
D. Fagre
CHALLENGES
• Taxonomic ID Qs: Vouchers? Coordination?
• 5-yr Re-Surveys Trend Qs: Annual surveys?
Long term?
• Complex Datasets for Analysis: Standard
Analysis Template; Functional Plant Analysis?
• Lack of Inter-TR Analysis: Collaborative
Commitments?
• Funding, Consistency:
Foundation Sponsor?
Succession Planning?
BERGHEIL!