Quaking aspen productivity recovers after repeated prescribed fire.

D. A. Perala

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-324

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Quaking aspen productivity recovers after repeated prescribed fire.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

D. A. Perala

Year:

1995

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-324

Source:

Research Paper NC-324. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Describes how quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stand recovered after logging, and logging and burning. Aspen suckering was profuse after each destructive episode but differences in stockability caused different yield trajectories.

Keywords

Populus tremuloides, stockability, self-thinning, aspen

Citation

Perala, D. A. 1995. Quaking aspen productivity recovers after repeated prescribed fire. Research Paper NC-324. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station