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Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Common names: subalpine fir

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae

Roles: study subject, habitat plant, cover/habitat, habitat component, habitat species

ITIS TSN: 181832

Synonyms: subalpine fir

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 43 | Mentions: 62

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

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Publications (43)

article

A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

2025Annals of Applied StatisticsRole: text_match

article

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of EnvironmentRole: text_match

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

article

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

2025Hydrology and Earth System ScienceRole: text_match

article

Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

2025Earth System Science DataRole: text_match

article

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

2025Water Resources ResearchRole: text_match

article

Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

2025OikosRole: text_match

Documents (16)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

technical report

Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado

environmental assessment

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposal To List the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx as a Threatened Species; and the Captive Population of Canada Lynx Within the Coterminous United States (lower 48 States) as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance, With a Special Rule

federal register notice

Land and Resource Management Plan Amendments for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

federal register notice

Land and Resource Management Plan Direction for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Co-occurring Species

article

Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

2025BiogeosciencesRole: text_match

thesis

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Stem and canopy growth analysis in Picea Engelmannii with UAVs and field measurements

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Analysis of growth patterns in Conifer stands present in Gothic town

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

2023Role: text_match

chapter

Silviculture

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

The Influence of Forest Structure and Composition on Transpiration Rates Among Drought-Stressed Conifer Species in the Upper East River Watershed

2023Role: text_match

other

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

2022Mt. Views ChronicleRole: text_match

article

Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

2021PloS oneRole: text_match

thesis

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing western United States coniferous forests

2019Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University)Role: text_match

student_paper

Does the seedbank reflect the composition of the metacommunity for alpine plants?

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Disintegration of the leaf economic spectrum within and across Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) genotypes

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Habitat patch use, density, and territoriality of American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in the southwestern Rocky Mountains, Colorado

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

2016Role: text_match

article

Reconstruction and spatial analysis of alpine treeline in the Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA

2016Physical GeographyRole: study subject

article

Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review

2015Open Journal of ForestryRole: text_match

article

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

article

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: habitat plant

student_paper

Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2014Role: habitat component

article

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: cover/habitat

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: habitat species

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: habitat component

student_paper

Vegetation pattern dependency along the southwest-facing hillslope of the upper East River Watershed

2011Role: text_match

article

Using tree rings to predict the response of tree growth to climate change in the continental United States during the twenty-first century

2010Earth InteractionsRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of climate change on subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) sapling growth and establishment success across an elevational gradient

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of climate change on growth and seedling establishment of young lodgepole pine

2005Role: text_match

article

Subalpine forest carbon cycling: Short- and long-term influence of climate and species

2005Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

other

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match

article

Dead wood biomass and turnover time, measured by radiocarbon, along a subalpine elevation gradient

2004OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of climate change on the germination and growth rates of young subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa)

2004Role: text_match

article

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

Plant community composition mediates both large transient decline and predicted long-term recovery of soil carbon under climate warming

2002Global Biogeochemical CyclesRole: text_match

article

A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in four species of marmots

1998Animal BehaviorRole: text_match

student_paper

The high life: a subalpine fir and Englemann spruce community in an avalanche zone

1997Role: text_match

article

Distribution of Corticolous Noncrustose Lichens on Trunks of Rocky Mountain Junipers in Boulder County, Colorado

1983The BryologistRole: text_match

Document

Moist Forests

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environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

technical report

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado

technical report

Potential Uses of Abandoned Underground Mines

federal register notice

Rocky Mountain Region; Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Sheep Flats Diversity Unit Timber Sales, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest, Mesa County, Colorado

federal register notice

Spruce Beetle Epidemic and Aspen Decline Management Response; Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (GMUG), Colorado

environmental assessment

Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

Publications (43)

A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

Documents (16)

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

Land and Resource Management Plan Amendments for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Land and Resource Management Plan Direction for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Co-occurring Species

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Picea engelmannii

Pinus albicaulis

Populus tremuloides

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Populus angustifolia

Pinus contorta

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Pseudotsuga menzeisii

Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

Stem and canopy growth analysis in Picea Engelmannii with UAVs and field measurements

Analysis of growth patterns in Conifer stands present in Gothic town

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

Silviculture

The Influence of Forest Structure and Composition on Transpiration Rates Among Drought-Stressed Conifer Species in the Upper East River Watershed

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing western United States coniferous forests

Does the seedbank reflect the composition of the metacommunity for alpine plants?

Disintegration of the leaf economic spectrum within and across Quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) genotypes

Habitat patch use, density, and territoriality of American Red Squirrels (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) in the southwestern Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

Reconstruction and spatial analysis of alpine treeline in the Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA

Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review

Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Vegetation pattern dependency along the southwest-facing hillslope of the upper East River Watershed

Using tree rings to predict the response of tree growth to climate change in the continental United States during the twenty-first century

The effects of climate change on subalpine fir (<i></i>Abies lasiocarpa<i></i>) sapling growth and establishment success across an elevational gradient

Effects of climate change on growth and seedling establishment of young lodgepole pine

Subalpine forest carbon cycling: Short- and long-term influence of climate and species

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

Dead wood biomass and turnover time, measured by radiocarbon, along a subalpine elevation gradient

The effect of climate change on the germination and growth rates of young subalpine fir (<i>Abies lasiocarpa</i>)

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

Plant community composition mediates both large transient decline and predicted long-term recovery of soil carbon under climate warming

A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in four species of marmots

The high life: a subalpine fir and Englemann spruce community in an avalanche zone

Distribution of Corticolous Noncrustose Lichens on Trunks of Rocky Mountain Junipers in Boulder County, Colorado

Moist Forests

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado

Potential Uses of Abandoned Underground Mines

Rocky Mountain Region; Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Sheep Flats Diversity Unit Timber Sales, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest, Mesa County, Colorado

Spruce Beetle Epidemic and Aspen Decline Management Response; Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (GMUG), Colorado

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project