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Thomomys

Common names: pocket gophers

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Geomyidae

Roles: herbivore, pest

ITIS TSN: 180221

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 42 | Mentions: 65

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Publications (42)

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 (13)

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

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination for the Gunnison Sage-grouse as a Threatened or Endangered Species

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

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Co-occurring Species

Thomomys talpoides

Geomyidae61 shared papers

Grasshoppers

19 shared papers

Festuca thurberi

Poaceae18 shared papers

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Salicaceae18 shared papers

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae17 shared papers

Tamias minimus

Sciuridae17 shared papers

Festuca

Poaceae17 shared papers

Perymiscus species

Cricetidae16 shared papers

Engelmann Spruce

Pinaceae16 shared papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae16 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: text_match

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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

student_paper

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

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

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

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

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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: text_match

student_paper

Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

2014Role: text_match

article

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

2012Quaternary ResearchRole: text_match

article

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

2007OikosRole: herbivore

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

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

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

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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

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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

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

1962EcologyRole: text_match

Document

Moist Forests

wildlife survey

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

environmental assessment

Thomomys

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (42)

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 (13)

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

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination for the Gunnison Sage-grouse as a Threatened or Endangered Species

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Co-occurring Species

Thomomys talpoides

Grasshoppers

Festuca thurberi

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Potentilla gracilis

Tamias minimus

Festuca

Perymiscus species

Engelmann Spruce

Spermophilus

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

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

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

Moist Forests

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

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

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