[HTML][HTML] A global view of aspen: Conservation science for widespread keystone systems

PC Rogers, BD Pinno, J Šebesta, BR Albrectsen… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Across the northern hemisphere, six species of aspen (Populus spp.) play a
disproportionately important role in promoting biodiversity, sequestering carbon, limiting …

Building ecosystem resilience and adaptive capacity: a systematic review of aspen ecology and management in the Southwest

CD Crouch, PC Rogers, MM Moore… - Forest Science, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) has high conservation value on the
southwestern edge of its range, which extends from the southwestern United States (ie …

Fire regimes of quaking aspen in the Mountain West

DJ Shinneman, WL Baker, PC Rogers… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is the most widespread tree species in North
America, and it is found throughout much of the Mountain West (MW) across a broad range …

Patterns and consequences of ungulate herbivory on aspen in western North America

ST Seager, C Eisenberg, SBS Clair - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests develop complex, multi-story structure and
speciose plant communities, which provide habitat for ungulates and diverse wildlife …

Predation risk, elk, and aspen: tests of a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

JA Winnie Jr - Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aspen in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are hypothesized to be recovering from
decades of heavy browsing by elk due to a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade (BMTC) …

The primacy of density‐mediated indirect effects in a community of wolves, elk, and aspen

EM Brice, EJ Larsen, DR Stahler… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The removal or addition of a predator in an ecosystem can trigger a trophic cascade,
whereby the predator indirectly influences plants and/or abiotic processes via direct effects …

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands and their contribution to plant diversity in a semiarid coniferous landscape

TJ Kuhn, HD Safford, BE Jones, KW Tate - Plant Ecology, 2011 - Springer
We conducted a field study to determine the relative contributions of aspen (Populus
tremuloides), meadow, and conifer communities to local and landscape-level plant species …

Monitoring long-term riparian vegetation trends to inform local habitat management in a mountainous environment

TJ Assal, VA Steen, T Caltrider, T Cundy, C Stewart… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Riparian ecosystems provide critical habitat for many species, yet assessment of vegetation
condition at local scales is difficult to measure when considering large areas over long time …

Effects of conifers and elk browsing on quaking aspen forests in the central Rocky Mountains, USA

MW Kaye, D Binkley, TJ Stohlgren - Ecological Applications, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Elk browsing and conifer species mixing with aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) present
current challenges to aspen forest management in the western United States. We evaluated …