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We are experts on the Yellowstone backcountry and have devoted years to learning about its science, literature, and natural history.

Please contact us if you are interested in collaborating on a project in the GYE.

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Even if you never plan to visit Yellowstone, we can write custom analysis tools that will simplify or automate your data analysis. For example, we have written stand-alone software that screens and summarizes weather data from the National Climatic Data Center. This program is already being used by the National Park Service and the Wyoming State Climate Office (University of Wyoming) for several projects. Click here for more detail.

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We can assist with study design and field work in other ecosystems. Our recent work has included statistical analysis and design for monitoring programs in 7 national parks. (see reports and publications below).

We have all the equipment necessary for most field projects, including the GPS units and GIS software needed to make maps with with sub-meter accuracy.

Mike Tercek, Ph.D.

Mike has lived and worked in the Yellowstone area for 20 years.

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Contact us at the email address above, or call 406-579-7701.

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications

Tercek, M.T., S. Gray, and C. Nicholson. In review. Delineation of climate zones for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

Tercek, M.T., R. Stottlemyer, and R. Renkin. 2010. Bottom-up factors influencing riparian willow recovery in Yellowstone National Park. Western North American Naturalist, In press.

Appoloni, S., Y. Lekberg, M.T. Tercek, C.A. Zabinski, and D. Redecker. 2008. Molecular community analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of geothermal soils of Yellowstone National Park (USA). Microbial Ecology 56: 649-659. view pdf

Tercek, MT and J.L. Whitbeck. 2004. Heat avoidance life history strategy controls the distribution of geothermal Agrostis in Yellowstone. Ecology 85(7):1955-1966. view pdf

Tercek, M.T, D. P. Hauber and S.P. Darwin. 2003. Genetic and historical relationships among geothermally adapted Agrostis of North America and Kamchatka: evidence for a previously unrecognized, thermally adapted taxon. American Journal of Botany 90:1306-1312. view pdf

Tercek, M.T., J.W. Whitbeck, and J.C. King. In prep. A naturally occurring carbon dioxide spring in Yellowstone National Park exhibits potential as a complement to long-term Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) studies.

Other Reports and Publications

Tercek, M.T. 2010. Climate zonation analysis for Glacier National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Report submitted to the National Park Service's Rocky Mountain Network, a division of the Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Tercek, M.T., S. Gray. C.M. Nicholson. 2010. Climate of 2009, Greater Yellowstone Network. Technical report submitted to the Greater Yellowstone Network, a Division of the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Frakes, B. , S. Ostermann-Kelm, I. Ashton, J. Burke, R. Daley, M. Tercek, D. Pillmore, C. Jean, M. Britten, S. Gray, and T. Kittel. 2010. Rocky Mountain Climate Protocol: Climate monitoring in the Greater Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain Inventory and Monitoring Networks, version 1.0. NPS/IMRO/NR-2010/222. view pdf

Tercek, M.T. 2009. Yellowstone northern range riparian willow inventory. view pdf

Tercek, M.T., T. S. Al-Niemi, and R.G. Stout. 2008 Plants Exposed to High Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Science 16:12-19. view pdf
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