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subalpine fir (Subalpine fir) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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subalpine fir

Common names: Subalpine fir, subalpine fir

Taxonomy: Plantae

Roles: habitat component

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 38 | Mentions: 51

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Knowledge graph centered on subalpine fir with 78 nodes and 325 connections. Top connected: Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to , Marmota flaviventris, United States Forest Service, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Publications (38)

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

2025Annals of Applied StatisticsRole: text_match

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of EnvironmentRole: text_match

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

2025Role: text_match

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

2025Hydrology and Earth System ScienceRole: text_match

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

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

2025Water Resources ResearchRole: text_match

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

2025OikosRole: text_match

Documents (10)

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

Moist Forests

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

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Abies

Pinaceae49 shared papers

Abies faxoniana

49 shared papers

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae49 shared papers

Spruce

45 shared papers

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae41 shared papers

Engelmann spruce

34 shared papers

Populus

Salicaceae28 shared papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae26 shared papers

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae23 shared papers

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinaceae23 shared papers

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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

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

2024Role: text_match

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

2024Role: text_match

Analysis of growth patterns in Conifer stands present in Gothic town

2023Role: text_match

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

2023Role: text_match

Silviculture

2023Role: text_match

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

2023Role: text_match

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

2022Mt. Views ChronicleRole: text_match

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

2021PloS oneRole: text_match

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing western United States coniferous forests

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

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

2019Role: text_match

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

2018Role: habitat component

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

2016Role: text_match

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

2016Role: text_match

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

2015Open Journal of ForestryRole: text_match

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

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: text_match

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

2011Role: text_match

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

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

2006Role: text_match

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

2005Role: text_match

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

2005Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2005Role: text_match

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match

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

2004OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2004Role: text_match

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

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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

2002Global Biogeochemical CyclesRole: text_match

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

1998Animal BehaviorRole: text_match

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

1997Role: text_match

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

1983The BryologistRole: text_match