Sixty years of change in tree numbers and basal area in central Utah Aspen stands. Forest Service research paper

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:6742655

Mueggler, W F

Plots established in 1913-14 in three separate aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stands on the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah were inventoried at irregular intervals over a 64-year period. The data indicate that (1) stem numbers declined continuously as the stands aged; (2) an inverse relationship existed between aspen site quality and stem numbers in middle age stands; (3) basal area peaked probably sometime around 80 years of age and declined appreciably by age 100; (4) greatest subsequent mortality in middle age stands was those stems in diameter size classes smaller than the mode; and (5) stands thinned between the ages of 40 and 70 contained more but smaller stems at maturity and greater total basal area than those not thinned.

• Research Organization: Forest Service, Ogden, UT (United States). Intermountain Research Station
• OSTI ID: 6742655
• Report Number(s): PB-95-128872/XAB; FSRP/INT--478
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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