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Festuca thurberi

Common names: Thurber Fescue, Thurber fescue, Thurber's fescue

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Poales > Poaceae

Roles: study subject, managed species, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 40828

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 61 | Mentions: 72

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Publications (61)

article

Experimental warming decouples plant-fungal symbiont interactions and leads to a more conservative ecosystem

2026PNASRole: text_match

article

Warming disrupts plant–fungal endophyte symbiosis more severely in leaves than roots

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2023Role: text_match

article

Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species

2023Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

article

Intraspecific Variation in Responses of a Montane Grass, Festuca thurberi , to Simulated Biological Invasion

2022Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeRole: text_match

thesis

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

2022Role: study subject

article

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

Documents (9)

technical report

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado- Appendix A Maps

correspondence

Re: White River Forest Plan Revision

environmental assessment

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

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Festuca

Poaceae69 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae33 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae32 shared papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae30 shared papers

A. tridentata

30 shared papers

Lathyrus

29 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae29 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae28 shared papers

Poa pratensis

Poaceae27 shared papers

Helianthella

Asteraceae25 shared papers

student_paper

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2020Role: text_match

article

Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming

2019EcologyRole: text_match

article

Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses

2019EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

2019Role: text_match

thesis

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

2019Role: text_match

article

Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2019Microbial EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019Role: habitat component

student_paper

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

2018Role: text_match

article

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

2018PeerJRole: 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

thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

2017Role: study subject

student_paper

How does experimental warming effect the rate of herbivory and fungi on host grasses?

2017Role: text_match

article

Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure

2017Journal of Vegetation ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of experimental warming on herbivory and fungal pathogen load on subalpine grasses

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Productivity of Montane Meadows in a Warming World: Evidence from an Elevation Gradient and a Warming Experiment

2016Role: habitat component

student_paper

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The future of plant-fungal symbioses along elevational gradients

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Understanding how leaf endophytes are affected by climate change: Examining fungi in grass species with warming

2016Role: text_match

article

Convergent ecosystem responses to 23-year ambient and manipulated warming link advancing snowmelt and shrub encroachment to transient and long-term climateâ€“soil carbon feedback

2015Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of experimental warming on herbivory and pathogen loads on subalpine grass species Festuca thurberi, Poa pratensis, and Achnatherum lettermanii

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

How do distributions of belowground grass-fungal symbioses change over altitudinal gradients in the Colorado Rocky Mountains?

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

An Endophyte alters biological characteristics of the grass, Festuca thurberi.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Responses of high-altitude graminoids and fungal fungi to 20 years of experimental warming

2014EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (Populus tremuloides) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Won't you be my neighbor: neighborhood effect influences mycorrhizal and endophyte colonization

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

How do above and belowground grass-fungus symbioses change over elevational gradients in mountainous Colorado?

2012Role: text_match

article

Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population

2012Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Ant presences alter plants: The impact Formica obscuripes presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Determining Long-Term Success of Revegetation Efforts in Disturbed Sites

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Climate change and anti-herbivory resistance communication in Artemisia tridentata

2007Role: text_match

thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: study subject

other

Shifts in plant dominance control short and long-term carbon-cycle responses to widespread drought

2006Role: text_match

article

Weather influences on demography of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

2005Journal of Zoology, LondonRole: text_match

article

Effects of food addition on life history of yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

article

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

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

The effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

2003Journal of MammalogyRole: 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

Control of litter decomposition in a subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe ecotone under climate change

2001Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

article

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

2001EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Competition on the Establishment of Festuca thurberi onto the Gothic Earthflow

1999Role: text_match

article

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

1998J Zool LondonRole: text_match

article

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

1995Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

article

Shifting dominance within a montane vegetation community: results from a climate-warming experiment

1995ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Festuca thurberi and Vicia americana - a mutualism?

1994Role: text_match

student_paper

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match

Festuca thurberi

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

Publications (61)

Experimental warming decouples plant-fungal symbiont interactions and leads to a more conservative ecosystem

Warming disrupts plant–fungal endophyte symbiosis more severely in leaves than roots

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species

Intraspecific Variation in Responses of a Montane Grass, <i> Festuca thurberi </i>, to Simulated Biological Invasion

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

Documents (9)

Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado

Burning Project on Upper Slopes

Determination of Annual Forage Production

Moist Forests

Native Grasses

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado- Appendix A Maps

Re: White River Forest Plan Revision

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

Festuca

Erigeron

Potentilla

Artemisia

A. tridentata

Lathyrus

Ligusticum porteri

Artemisia tridentata

Poa pratensis

Helianthella

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming

Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

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

Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

How does experimental warming effect the rate of herbivory and fungi on host grasses?

Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure

Effects of experimental warming on herbivory and fungal pathogen load on subalpine grasses

Productivity of Montane Meadows in a Warming World: Evidence from an Elevation Gradient and a Warming Experiment

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

The future of plant-fungal symbioses along elevational gradients

Understanding how leaf endophytes are affected by climate change: Examining fungi in grass species with warming

Convergent ecosystem responses to 23-year ambient and manipulated warming link advancing snowmelt and shrub encroachment to transient and long-term climateâ€“soil carbon feedback

Effects of experimental warming on herbivory and pathogen loads on subalpine grass species Festuca thurberi, Poa pratensis, and Achnatherum lettermanii

How do distributions of belowground grass-fungal symbioses change over altitudinal gradients in the Colorado Rocky Mountains?

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

An Endophyte alters biological characteristics of the grass, Festuca thurberi.

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Responses of high-altitude graminoids and fungal fungi to 20 years of experimental warming

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

Won't you be my neighbor: neighborhood effect influences mycorrhizal and endophyte colonization

How do above and belowground grass-fungus symbioses change over elevational gradients in mountainous Colorado?

Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population

Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

Determining Long-Term Success of Revegetation Efforts in Disturbed Sites

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

Species richness along an elevational gradient

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

Climate change and anti-herbivory resistance communication in <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

Shifts in plant dominance control short and long-term carbon-cycle responses to widespread drought

Weather influences on demography of the yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Effects of food addition on life history of yellow-bellied marmots

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

The effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

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

Control of litter decomposition in a subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe ecotone under climate change

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

The Effects of Competition on the Establishment of <i>Festuca thurberi</i> onto the Gothic Earthflow