CMI - Applied Research


Research Highlights
The Columbia Mountains Institute does not undertake research projects. Our members are the researchers - and here are some highlights of ecological research in this region over the past few years.
Mammals
Ecological interactions of mountain caribou, wolves, and moose in the north Columbia Mountains, BC Mountain Caribou Predator-Prey-Habitat Expert Panel Report Assessing the Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region of Western Canada Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive and Physiological Condition of Wild Mink, Martens, River Otters, and Wolverines Cooperative Wolverine Study in Columbia Basin Flathead Bear Study Grizzly Bear Use of Avalanche Chutes in the Columbia Mountains Mountain Caribou in Managed Landscapes *The summer ecology of Myotis* species bats in the interior wet-belt of British Columbia West Slopes Bear Research Project - 1994-1999 Synopsis**
Birds
Neotropical Migrant Bird Research Columbia River-Revelstoke Migration Monitoring Station Final Banding Report for 2001 Songbird Use of Floodplain Vegetation Types in the Revelstoke Reach, Upper Arrow Reservoir, British Columbia Canada Waterbirds of the Revelstoke Reach Wetlands, Upper Arrow Reservoir, Revelstoke, British Columbia Canada
Plants and Forestry
Post-Harvesting Windthrow Rates - Final Report Study of Plant Community Structure and a Reclamation Evaluation of Disturbed Subalpine sites in Glacier National Park Vegetation Research and Monitoring Projects in Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks Wildlife Tree Project: 1994-1998 Summary Report on Vegetation and Soil Analyses for the 1999 Pilot Study - Revelstoke Reach - Upper Arrow Reservoir Synthesis of Vegetation and Soil Studies for Revelstoke Reach - Upper Arrow Reservoir Vegetation Mapping (1968-2000) of Dust Control Treatment Areas - Revelstoke Reach - Upper Arrow Reservoir Long-Term Monitoring of Vegetation Expansion and Trials in the Dust Control Treatment Areas of Revelstoke Reach - Upper Arrow Reservoir Quantification of Vegetation Inputs to Revelstoke Reach Summary of 2000 Field Program - Vegetation and Soil Analyses
Physical Environment
Watershed Control Over Dissolved Organic Matter in Alpine Lakes of Mount Revelstoke National Park and Implications to Potential Metal Pollution
Social Environment
Evaluating Ecosystem Management in the Columbia Mountains of British Columbia
Aquatic Ecosystems
Vegetation Benefits to Fish: A Literature Review Biofilm, Invertebrates and Fish Communities Associated with Vegetation Strata in the Drawdown Zone of the Arrow Lakes Reservoir - Final Report
Biodiversity
Evaluation of Ancillary Benefits of Reservoir Drawdown Zone Revegetation in the Upper Arrow Reservoir: Overview and Project Reports (BC Hydro Strategic Environmental Initiatives Program - May 2004)