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Abies lasiocarpa

Common names: sub-alpine fir, Subalpine Fir, subalpine fir

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae

Roles: habitat component, study subject

ITIS TSN: 181830

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 54 | Mentions: 79

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Publications (54)

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: habitat component

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 (12)

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

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

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environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Spruce

66 shared papers

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae59 shared papers

Abies

Pinaceae50 shared papers

subalpine fir

49 shared papers

Abies faxoniana

49 shared papers

Engelmann spruce

41 shared papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae39 shared papers

Populus

Salicaceae39 shared papers

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinaceae28 shared papers

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae27 shared papers

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: study subject

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

student_paper

Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

2022Role: text_match

article

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides )

2021Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

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

2021PloS oneRole: habitat component

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Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

2021Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL093678Role: 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

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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

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

2018Role: text_match

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

2018Mountain ViewsRole: study subject

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

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

2015Open Journal of ForestryRole: text_match

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

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

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

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

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Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: text_match

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Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

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Functional importance of plumage badges as intraspecific signals in White-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

2010Role: text_match

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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

Influence of patch area on bird species diversity in coniferous forests

2009Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

2008EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands

2006Role: 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

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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

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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

Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high-altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.)

2003Freshwater BiologyRole: text_match

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

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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

2002Global Biogeochemical CyclesRole: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: 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

student_paper

Patterns and mechanisms of invasion of conifer (Abies lasiocarpa and Picea engelmanni) into aspen forest and montane meadow

1995Role: text_match

article

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

1983The BryologistRole: text_match

article

Cryptogam Distributions on Pseudotsuga menziesii and Abies lasiocarpa in the Front Range, Boulder County, Colorado

1975The BryologistRole: text_match

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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

environmental assessment

Abies lasiocarpa

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (54)

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 (12)

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

Moist Forests

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

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado

Potential Uses of Abandoned Underground Mines

Small Mammal Survey, Acid Fen, Mt. Emmons Gunnison, Colorado

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Spruce

Picea engelmannii

Abies

subalpine fir

Abies faxoniana

Engelmann spruce

Populus tremuloides

Populus

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinus contorta

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

Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>)

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

Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing western United States coniferous forests

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

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

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

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

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.

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

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

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

Functional importance of plumage badges as intraspecific signals in White-crowned sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>).

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

Influence of patch area on bird species diversity in coniferous forests

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands

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>)

Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high-altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.)

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

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

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

Patterns and mechanisms of invasion of conifer (<i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> and <i>Picea engelmanni</i>) into aspen forest and montane meadow

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

Cryptogam Distributions on Pseudotsuga menziesii and Abies lasiocarpa in the Front Range, Boulder County, Colorado

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