Something Hidden in the Ranges: The Secret Life of Mountain Ecosystems

We all see the largest features of mountain ecosystems-the impressively rugged peaks, the clear blue lakes, and the extensive forests-but each of these readily visible features depends on largely invisible creatures and flows of material and energy. Something Hidden in the Ranges draws on a wide array of scientific research to reveal the complex ecologies of mountain ecosystems in general, and of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park in particular. Geologist Ellen Wohl has spent three dec...