Grindstone Flat and Big Flat enclosures - 41-year record of changes in clearcut aspen communities

Walter F. Mueggler; Dale L. Bartos

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Grindstone Flat and Big Flat enclosures - 41-year record of changes in clearcut aspen communities

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Walter F. Mueggler, Dale L. Bartos

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. INT-RP-195. Ogden, Utah: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Exp. Station. 16 p.

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Abstract

The role of deer and cattle in the failure of aspen stands to regenerate on Beaver Mountain in southern Utah was investigated by a series of exclosures constructed in 1934. Three-fourths of each exclosure was clearcut of aspen in 1934. Aspen reproduction, shrubs, and herbaceous understory were measured in 1937, 1942, 1949, and 1975. Implications of wildlife and livestock use on aspen reproduction are discussed.

Keywords

Populus tremuloides, clearcuts, aspen regeneration, understory vegetation, exclosures

Citation

Mueggler, Walter F.; Bartos, Dale L. 1977. Grindstone Flat and Big Flat enclosures - 41-year record of changes in clearcut aspen communities. Res. Pap. INT-RP-195. Ogden, Utah: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Exp. Station. 16 p.