Wood utilization

Eugene M. Wengert; Dennis M. Donnelly; Donald C. Markstrom; Harold E. Worth

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Wood utilization

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Eugene M. Wengert, Dennis M. Donnelly, Donald C. Markstrom, Harold E. Worth

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: DeByle, Norbert V.; Winokur, Robert P., editors. Aspen: Ecology and management in the western United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-119. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo. p. 169-180

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Abstract

In the past, markets for quaking aspen timber from the Rocky Mountains have been insufficient to support significant harvesting. This shortage of markets severely restrained the potential for aspen management. As a result, many stands protected from wildfire gradually reverted to conifers (see the VEGETATIVE REGENERATION and FIRE chapters).

Parent Publication

Aspen: Ecology and management in the western United States

Keywords

Populus tremuloides, quaking aspen, ecology, forest management, markets harvesting

Citation

Wengert, Eugene M.; Donnelly, Dennis M.; Markstrom, Donald C.; Worth, Harold E. 1985. Wood utilization. In: DeByle, Norbert V.; Winokur, Robert P., editors. Aspen: Ecology and management in the western United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-119. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo. p. 169-180