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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-701-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-701-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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05 Feb 2025
Research article |
| 05 Feb 2025
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Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Gerald F. M. Page
School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Frank Zurek
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Christopher Still
Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
Mariah S. Carbone
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
William Talavera
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Laura Hildebrand
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
James Byron
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Kyle Inthabandith
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Angellica Kucinski
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Melissa Carlson
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Kelsey Foss
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Wendy Brown
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
Rosemary W. H. Carroll
Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512, USA
Austin Simonpietri
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Marshall Worsham
Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Ian Breckheimer
Clark Family School of Environment and Sustainability, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
Anna Ryken
Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Reed Maxwell
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
David Gochis
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Mark S. Raleigh
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Eric Small
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Kenneth H. Williams
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
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Short summary
Warming in montane systems is affecting the snowmelt input amount. At the global scale, this will impact subalpine forests that rely on spring snowmelt to support their water demands. We use a network of sensors across a hillslope in the Upper Colorado Basin to show that the changing spring snowpack has a more pronounced impact on dense forest stands, while open stands show a higher reliance on summer rain and are less sensitive to significant changes in snow.
Warming in montane systems is affecting the snowmelt input amount. At the global scale, this...
