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Age structure of aspen forests on the Uncompahgre Plateau, Colorado

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volume

44

Issue

7

First Page

836

Last Page

841

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

Aspen forests are one of the most dynamic forest types in western North America, responding to chronic factors of competition for resources, as well as episodes of intense herbivory, drought, and fires. The interactions of these driving factors lead to varying age structures of aspen across landscapes and through time. We characterized the age structure of aspen trees on the Uncompahgre Plateau in western Colorado, USA, to inform collaborative efforts of landscape-scale forest restoration. Over 1000 cores from 51 locations showed few aspen older than 140 years (

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