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Thomomys talpoides

Common names: Northern pocket gopher, pocket gopher, northern pocket gopher, Northern Pocket Gopher

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Geomyidae

Roles: mentioned, carcass resource, study subject, resident herbivore

ITIS TSN: 180228

Synonyms: pocket gophers, T. talpoides, pocket gopher, Pocket Gopher

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 52 | Mentions: 76

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 79 entities)

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Publications (54)

article

Cost of fruiting, size regulation, and senescence in a long-lived geophyte

2026PLOS OneRole: text_match

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

Documents (11)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

technical report

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Homestake Mining Company- Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project

environmental assessment

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

Document

Moist Forests

wildlife survey

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

wildlife survey

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

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Co-occurring Species

Thomomys

Geomyidae53 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae18 shared papers

Festuca

Poaceae18 shared papers

Erythronium grandiflorum

Liliaceae17 shared papers

small mammals

17 shared papers

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae16 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae16 shared papers

Elymus

Poaceae16 shared papers

Odocoileus

Cervidae16 shared papers

Grasshoppers

16 shared papers

2019Role: text_match

thesis

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

2019Role: predator

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

thesis

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

2019Role: text_match

article

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

2019Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

article

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

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

article

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparing Longworth live traps to hair tubes for describing small mammal communities

2018Role: study subject

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: resident herbivore

article

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

article

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: mentioned

student_paper

Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

2014Role: study subject

article

Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado

2012Quaternary ResearchRole: text_match

article

Foraging tactics in alternative heterochronic salamander morphs: trophic quality of ponds matters more than water permanency

2007Freshwater BiologyRole: 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

Resource availability and population dynamics of Nicrophorus investigator, an obligate carrion breeder

2001Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Response of nitrogen cycling to simulated climate change: differential responses along a subalpine ecotone

2001Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

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

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: carcass resource

article

Comparison of reproductive success of in-situ burial versus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae).

2000Journal of the Kansas Entomological SocietyRole: text_match

article

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

1996EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

1996EcologyRole: predator

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

article

Optimal outcrossing in Ipomopsis aggregata: seed set and offspring fitness

1989EvolutionRole: 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

Checkerspot butterflies: a historical perspective

1975ScienceRole: 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

Responses of Mountain Grassland Vegetation to Gopher Control, Reduced Grazing, and Herbicide

1969Journal of Range ManagementRole: text_match

article

Habitat of Pocket Gophers in Cochetopa Creek Drainage, Colorado

1968American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

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

1967EcologyRole: text_match

article

Some relations of pocket gophers to rangelands on Grand Mesa, Colorado.

1965Role: text_match

article

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

1962EcologyRole: text_match

article

Rate of Incisor Growth in the Mountain Pocket Gopher

1958Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

article

Fluctuations in Pocket Gopher Populations

1957Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

environmental assessment

Thomomys talpoides

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 79 entities)

Publications (54)

Cost of fruiting, size regulation, and senescence in a long-lived geophyte

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

Documents (11)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Homestake Mining Company- Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

Moist Forests

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

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

Co-occurring Species

Thomomys

Potentilla

Festuca

Erythronium grandiflorum

small mammals

Taraxacum officinale

Odocoileus hemionus

Elymus

Odocoileus

Grasshoppers

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

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

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

Comparing Longworth live traps to hair tubes for describing small mammal communities

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.

Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado

Foraging tactics in alternative heterochronic salamander morphs: trophic quality of ponds matters more than water permanency

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

Resource availability and population dynamics of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>, an obligate carrion breeder

Response of nitrogen cycling to simulated climate change: differential responses along a subalpine ecotone

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

Comparison of reproductive success of in-situ burial versus the use of abandoned burrows for carcass interment by Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae).

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

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

Optimal outcrossing in Ipomopsis aggregata: seed set and offspring fitness

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

Checkerspot butterflies: a historical perspective

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

Responses of Mountain Grassland Vegetation to Gopher Control, Reduced Grazing, and Herbicide

Habitat of Pocket Gophers in Cochetopa Creek Drainage, Colorado

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

Some relations of pocket gophers to rangelands on Grand Mesa, Colorado.

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

Rate of Incisor Growth in the Mountain Pocket Gopher

Fluctuations in Pocket Gopher Populations

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

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