AboutLou Jurs Expertise I can respond to questions regarding ecological relationships, wildlife and fisheries management, plant communities and animal plant relationships in habitats common to western North America, including Alaska.
Experience Many years of field experience with public land management agencies in western states (Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California). I have expertise in wildlife biology, zoology, ecology, fisheries, plant ecology,
forestry, watershed management, and other natural sciences. Target areas especially in great Basin, N. Rocky Mtns., coastal forests, intermountain region, southwest deserts (but not limited to these locations).
Education/Credentials BS Zoology University of Nevada; MS Arid Lands Ecology, Univ. of Nevada.
Expert: Lou Jurs Date: 10/18/2007 Subject: Glacier National Park
Question I am doing a biome project and can have the choice of doing any biome I would want, but I would like to do the biome centered around Glacier National Park in Montana...I've had numerous sources tell me that there is more than one biome in Glacier, but I am looking for a more direct answer. Do you by chance have an answer?
Thanks for your time!
Answer Hello, Leigh...
There is probably more than one biome represented within the Park boundaries. Biomes are general representations of regional zones represented by certain animal and plant species. One biome in Glacier would be Northern Rocky Mountain coniferous forest. Another might be Arctic-Alpine;
and another might be a riverine or wetland or grassland type. You might pick the portion of whatever biome has the highest percentage represented in the Park. I have a feeling that is probably the coniferous forest biome. There are at least two forest biomes represented in the rocky mountains, generally separated north-south. You'd want the north...which is also represented in Yellowstone,
Teton, and on quite a few national forests. As you move north, the differences may be represented through changes in altitude and aspect (lodgepole pine may be found at a lower elevation in areas further south, for example).
Anyway...good luck with your project. Let me know if you need some additional direction...but I think there's lots of info online.
