{"id":3646,"date":"2011-01-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/g-l-o-r-i-a\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:02:29","slug":"g-l-o-r-i-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2011\/01\/04\/g-l-o-r-i-a\/","title":{"rendered":"G-L-O-R-I-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">By Bernadette Kuhn, CNHP botanist<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CNHP biologists, along with partners from the National Parks Service, are preparing to establish long term, high elevation monitoring sites in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Parks.\u00a0 This research is part of the GLORIA project, the <b>GL<\/b>obal <b>O<\/b>bservation <b>R<\/b>esearch <b>I<\/b>nitiative in <b>A<\/b>lpine environments for the comparative study of climate change impacts on alpine biodiversity.\u00a0 Data from the project will be used to examine climate-induced changes of vegetation cover, species composition, and species migration.\u00a0 In 2006, CNHP botanists were instrumental in establishing the first of four GLORIA sites in Colorado, near Lake City.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6728\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alpine-poppy.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alpine-poppy.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/alpine-poppy-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Photo by Rick McNeill, used with permission.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Alpine poppy (<i>Papaver kluanensis<\/i>), growing at 13,300 feet, Weston Peak, CO. The purpose of the GLORIA project is to assess risks of biodiversity losses and the vulnerability of alpine ecosystems under climate change pressure. How will this species respond?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Field work begins in June 2011. CNHP is looking for qualified field botanists to assist with the project.\u00a0 Field crews will set up long-term plots on summits above treeline, then record plot vegetation data using GLORIA protocols.\u00a0 To apply for a position on our field crew, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/aboutus\/careers\/\">CNHP website<\/a> for postings. For more details on the GLORIA project, visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/gloria.ac.at\/home\">website<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bernadette Kuhn, CNHP botanist CNHP biologists, along with partners from the National Parks Service, are preparing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,29,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-botany","8":"category-climate-change","9":"category-ecology","10":"entry","11":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8782,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions\/8782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}