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Megascapheus bottae

Common names: pocket gopher

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Geomyidae

Roles: habitat component

ITIS TSN: 1280420

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 39 | Mentions: 53

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Publications (39)

student_paper

Reproductive ecology and pollination biology of Geum triflorum (prairie smoke)

2025Role: text_match

article

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: text_match

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Documents (4)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Document

Moist Forests

wildlife survey

Small Mammals: A Beaver Pond Ecosystem and Adjacent Riparian Habitat in Idaho

Co-occurring Species

pocket gophers

52 shared papers

Thomomys talpoides

Geomyidae30 shared papers

Festuca

Poaceae16 shared papers

Elymus

Poaceae13 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae13 shared papers

small mammals

11 shared papers

chickens

11 shared papers

Odocoileus

Cervidae11 shared papers

Spruce

11 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae11 shared papers

2019Role: text_match

thesis

King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

2019Role: text_match

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Microbial communities across a hillslope-riparian transect shaped by proximity to the stream, groundwater table, and weathered bedrock

2019Ecology and EvolutionRole: habitat component

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Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2019Microbial EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match

article

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

2019Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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Chemotypic variation in oshá (Ligusticum porteri) in Colorado, USA

2018J Appl. Res. Med. Aromat. PlantsRole: text_match

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Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: text_match

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Pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) soil disturbance peaks at mid-elevation and is associated with air temperature, forb cover, and plant diversity

2018Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

other

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

student_paper

What abiotic and biotic factors predict the shapes of plant diversity-productivity relationships?

2018Role: text_match

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Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

2017Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The future of plant-fungal symbioses along elevational gradients

2016Role: text_match

article

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

2014Role: text_match

article

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

2007OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

2004Role: text_match

article

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Untangling multiple factors in spatial distributions: Lilies, gophers, and rocks

1996EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of pocket gopher herbivory on the limitation of aspen outgrowth

1994Role: text_match

student_paper

The importance of aspen root abundance and palatability in excluding northern pocket gophers from aspen groves

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of pocket gophers Thomomys talpoides on erosion

1987Role: text_match

article

Long-term preformation of leaves and inflorescences by a long-lived perennial monocarp, Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

1986American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

article

Sympatry of Pocket Gophers on Mesa de Maya, Colorado

1979Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-)Role: text_match

article

Interspecific aggressive behavior of pocket gophers Thomomys bottae and T. talpoides (Geomyidae: Rodentia)

1974EcologyRole: text_match

article

Barriers to gene flow in natural populations of grasshoppers. II. Maintenance of narrow hybrid-zones between morphs of Arphia conspersa on Black Mesa, Colorado

1971PsycheRole: text_match

article

Habitat of Pocket Gophers in Cochetopa Creek Drainage, Colorado

1968American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

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2,4‐D Herbicide, Vegetation, and Pocket Gopher Relationships Black Mesa, Colorado

1967EcologyRole: text_match

article

Feeding Habits of Pocket Gophers on Mountain Grasslands, Black Mesa, Colorado

1962EcologyRole: text_match

Megascapheus bottae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 80 entities)

Publications (39)

Reproductive ecology and pollination biology of Geum triflorum (prairie smoke)

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants

Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Documents (4)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Moist Forests

Small Mammals: A Beaver Pond Ecosystem and Adjacent Riparian Habitat in Idaho

Co-occurring Species

pocket gophers

Thomomys talpoides

Festuca

Elymus

Odocoileus hemionus

small mammals

chickens

Odocoileus

Spruce

Delphinium

King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

Microbial communities across a hillslope-riparian transect shaped by proximity to the stream, groundwater table, and weathered bedrock

Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

Chemotypic variation in oshá (<i>Ligusticum porteri</i>) in Colorado, USA

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

Pocket gopher (<i>Thomomys talpoides</i>) soil disturbance peaks at mid-elevation and is associated with air temperature, forb cover, and plant diversity

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

What abiotic and biotic factors predict the shapes of plant diversity-productivity relationships?

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

The future of plant-fungal symbioses along elevational gradients

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Untangling multiple factors in spatial distributions: Lilies, gophers, and rocks

The effect of pocket gopher herbivory on the limitation of aspen outgrowth

The importance of aspen root abundance and palatability in excluding northern pocket gophers from aspen groves

The influence of pocket gophers <i>Thomomys talpoides</i> on erosion

Long-term preformation of leaves and inflorescences by a long-lived perennial monocarp, Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

Sympatry of Pocket Gophers on Mesa de Maya, Colorado

Interspecific aggressive behavior of pocket gophers Thomomys bottae and T. talpoides (Geomyidae: Rodentia)

Barriers to gene flow in natural populations of grasshoppers. II. Maintenance of narrow hybrid-zones between morphs of Arphia conspersa on Black Mesa, Colorado

Habitat of Pocket Gophers in Cochetopa Creek Drainage, Colorado

2,4‐D Herbicide, Vegetation, and Pocket Gopher Relationships Black Mesa, Colorado

Feeding Habits of Pocket Gophers on Mountain Grasslands, Black Mesa, Colorado

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community