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MPG North Field Note August 2024

September 8th, 2025

By: Beau Larkin

Donovan Bell, Angela Lodmell, Andrew Whiteley, Kellie Carim, Stephen Amish, Ryan Kovach, Lisa Eby, Craig Barfoot, Sally Painter, Seth Smith, Leo Rosenthal, Beau Larkin, Philip Ramsey (2025). Genomic Insights Into Inbreeding and Adaptive Divergence of Trout Populations to Inform Genetic Rescue. Evolutionary Applications https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70090.

By: Beau Larkin and Philip W. Ramsey

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Alisha A. Shah, Emily Hamant, Juan G. Rubalcaba, Beau Larkin, Andrew A. Forbes and H. Arthur Woods (2025). Contrasting effects of climate warming on hosts and parasitoids: insights from Rocky Mountain aspen leaf miners and their parasitoids. Proceedings B https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2679.

By: Beau Larkin

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Donovan A. Bell, Angela Lodmell, Andrew R. Whiteley, Kellie J. Carim, Stephen J. Amish, Ryan Kovach, Lisa A. Eby, Craig Barfoot, Sally Painter, Seth Smith, Leo Rosenthal, Beau Larkin, Philip Ramsey (2024). Genomic Insights Into Inbreeding and Adaptive Divergence of Trout Populations to Inform Genetic Rescue. Evolutionary Applications https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70090.

By: Beau Larkin and Philip Ramsey

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Lorinda Bullington, Emily Martin, Beay Larkin, Ylva Lekberg (2024). Linking symbioses with intrinsic chemical defences in conifers: Fungal- mediated resistance against an invasive pathogen. Journal of Applied Ecology 10.1111/1365-2664.14816.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Beau Larkin and Ylva Lekberg

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MPG North Field Note - August 2024

September 3rd, 2024

By: Beau Larkin

Miller Creek: Restoration Progress

September 3rd, 2024

By: Beau Larkin

Research Update

Soils, Plants and Invasion

Lorinda S. Bullington, Ylva Lekberg, Beau G. Larkin (2021). Insufficient sampling constrains our characterization of plant microbiomes. Scientific Reports 11, 364 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83153-9.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Ylva Lekberg and Beau Larkin

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Marirose P. Kuhlman, Skyler Burrows, Daniel L. Mummey, Philip W. Ramsey, Philip G. Hahn (2021). Relative bee abundance varies by collection method and flowering richness: Implications for understanding patterns in bee community data. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2, e12071. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12071.

, Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey

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Kellie J. Carim, Scott Relyea, Craig Barfoot, Lisa A. Eby, John A. Kronenberger, Andrew R. Whiteley, Beau Larkin (2021). Ultrasound imaging identifies life history variation in resident Cutthroat Trout. PLOS ONE 16(2): e0246365. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246365 .

By: Beau Larkin

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Avian Ecology

Blanca Jimeno, Mackenzie R Prichard, Devin Landry, Cole Wolf, Beau Larkin, Zachary Cheviron, Creagh Breuner (2020). Metabolic Rates Predict Baseline Corticosterone and Reproductive Output in a Free-Living Passerine. Integrative Organismal Biology Volume 2, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa030.

By: Beau Larkin

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Biocrusts, Lichen and Moss

Doherty, K., Bowker, M. A., Durham, R. A., Antoninka, A., Ramsey, P., & Mummey, D. (2019). Adapting mechanized vascular plant seed dispersal technologies to biocrust moss restoration. . Restoration Ecology 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12998.

By: Rebecca Durham, Philip W. Ramsey and Dan Mummey

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Bullington, L. S., Lekberg, Y., Sniezko, R., & Larkin, B. (2018). The influence of genetics, defensive chemistry and the fungal microbiome on disease outcome in whitebark pine trees. Molecular plant pathology 19(8), 1847-1858. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12663.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Ylva Lekberg and Beau Larkin

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Range Restoration

Mummey, D. L., Stoffel, L., & Ramsey, P. W. (2018). Preestablished Plant Influences on Antelope Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata Pursh) Seedling Recruitment and Growth: Analysis of Species and Positional Effects. Natural Areas Journal 38(1), 44-54. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.038.0106.

By: Dan Mummey, Lauren Stoffel and Philip W. Ramsey

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Hahn, P. G., Bullington, L., Larkin, B., LaFlamme, K., Maron, J., & Lekberg, Y. (2018). Effects of Short-and Long-Term Variation in Resource Conditions on Soil Fungal Communities and Plant Responses to Soil Biota. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01937.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Beau Larkin, Kelly LaFlamme and more...

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Hahn, P. G., Bullington, L., Larkin, B., LaFlamme, K., Maron, J. L., & Lekberg, Y. (2018). Effects of short-and long-term variation in resource conditions on soil fungal communities and plant responses to soil biota. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01605.

By: Lorinda Bullington, Beau Larkin, Kelly LaFlamme and more...

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Soils, Plants and Invasion

Altering Western White Pine Microbiomes For Disease Resistance

September 30th, 2019

By: Lorinda Bullington

Soils, Plants and Invasion

Fungal Inoculation Of Western White Pine Trees

July 15th, 2019

By: Lorinda Bullington, Beau Larkin

Research Update

Avian Ecology

Tree Swallow Breeding Season: Observations from the Field

August 28th, 2018

By: Beau Larkin

McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Mummey, D., Rummel, A., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Do invasive plants structure microbial communities to accelerate decomposition in intermountain grasslands? Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 11227-11235. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3608.

By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Dan Mummey and more...

Published Paper

Durham, R. A., Mummey, D. L., Shreading, L., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Phenological patterns differ between exotic and native plants: Field observations from the Sapphire Mountains, Montana. Natural Areas Journal 37(3), 361-381. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.037.0310.

By: Rebecca Durham, Dan Mummey, Lauren Shreading and more...

Published Paper

Griffith, D. L., Larkin, B., Kliskey, A., Alessa, L., & Newcombe, G. (2017). Expectations for habitat-adapted symbiosis in a winter annual grass. Fungal Ecology 29, 111-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.07.003.

By: Beau Larkin

Published Paper

McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Bullington, L., Rummel, A., Mummey, D. L., Ramsey, P. W., & Hinman, N. W. (2017). Restoring ecological properties of acidic soils contaminated with elemental sulfur. Science of The Total Environment 587-588, 449-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.110.

By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Lorinda Bullington and more...

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Range Restoration

Mummey, D. L., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Can sainfoin improve conditions for establishment of native forbs in crested wheatgrass stands? Ecological Restoration 35(2), 127-137. doi: 10.3368/er.35.2.127.

By: Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey

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