Sustaining aspen in western landscapes: Symposium proceedings; 13-15 June 2000; Grand Junction, CO

Abstract

The current status and trend of aspen is a topic of debate; some studies have claimed dramatic reductions in aspen stands while others have found no major changes. The actual picture of aspen forests across the West is variable, and the presence of conifers and ungulates in aspen may or may not indicate a progressive loss of aspen. These proceedings summarize the state of knowledge about aspen ecology, the condition and trends in aspen ecosystems in the West, and human dimensions and management options for sustaining aspen.

Titles contained within Sustaining aspen in western landscapes: Symposium proceedings; 13-15 June 2000; Grand Junction, CO

• Foreword: "We already know all about aspen"
• Landscape dynamics of aspen and conifer forests
• Changes in landscape patterns and associated forest succession on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
• Persistence of aspen regeneration near the National Elk Refuge and Gros Ventre Valley Elk Feedgrounds of Wyoming
• Landscape-scale dynamics of aspen in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• Sustaining aspen productivity in the Lake States
• Predation risk and elk-aspen foraging patterns
• Ecology and management of aspen: A Lake States perspective
• Aspen restoration in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon
• Prescribed fire, elk, and aspen in Grand Teton National Park
• Aspen encroachment on meadows of the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
• Hydrologic recovery of aspen clearcuts in northwestern Alberta
• Restoration of aspen-dominated ecosystems in the Lake States
• Quaking aspen and the human experience: Dimensions, issues, and challenges
• Effects of ugulate browsing on aspen regeneration in northwestern Wyoming
• Predicting nest success from habitat features in aspen forests of the central Rocky Mountains
• Model-based assessment of aspen responses to elk herbivory in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Do pine trees in aspen stands increase bird diversity?
• Aspen fencing in northern Arizona: A 15-year perspective
• Interaction among cervids, fungi, and aspen in northwest Wyoming
• Heartrot fungi's role in creating picid nesting sites in living aspen
• Evaluation of burned aspen communities in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• Long-term aspen exclosures in the Yellowstone ecosystem
• Aspen's ecological role in the West
• Biodiversity: Aspen stands have the lead, but will nonnative species take over?
• Adaptations of quaking aspen for defense against damage by herbivores and related environmental agents
• Mycorrhizal fungi of aspen forests: Natural occurrence and potential applications
• Aspen ecosystems: Objectives for sustaining biodiversity
• Is the wide distribution of aspen a result of its stress tolerance?
• Modeling aspen responses to climatic warming and insect defoliation in western Canada
• Establishment of white spruce growth trial in an aspen understory
• Aspen overstory recruitment in northern Yellowstone National Park during the last 200 years
• Basic tree-ring sample preparation techniques for aging aspen
• Manipulations to regenerate aspen ecosystems
• Dynamics of aspen root biomass and sucker production following fire
• Quaking aspen reproduce from seed after wildfire in the mountains of southeastern Arizona
• Aspen regeneration in south-central Colorado, San Isabel National Forest
• Aspen response to prescribed fire and wild ungulate herbivory
• Multiple factors affect aspen regeneration on the Uncompahgre Plateau, west-central Colorado
• Nitrogen mineralization in aspen/conifer soils after a natural fire
• The effect of aspen wood characteristics and properties on utilization
• Summary: Aspen decline in the West?

Citation

Shepperd, Wayne D.; Binkley, Dan; Bartos, Dale L.; Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Eskew, Lane G., comps. 2001. Sustaining aspen in western landscapes: Symposium proceedings; 13-15 June 2000; Grand Junction, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-18. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 460 p.