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Variable climate-growth relationships of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) among Sky Island mountain ranges in the Great Basin, Nevada, USA

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Martin Šenfeldr, Douglas J. Shinneman, Susan K. McIlroy, Paul C. Rogers, and R. Justin DeRose, 2024-02-15, Variable climate-growth relationships of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) among Sky Island mountain ranges in the Great Basin, Nevada, USA: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 554.

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The Great Basin is an arid province located in the interior western United States. The region encompasses millions of hectares and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forests comprise a minor portion of the total area. However, montane aspen forests play a disproportionately large role in providing ecosystem services in the region, including water retention, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and recreational uses. With warming temperatures, increasing evaporative demand, and heightened precipitation variability, the future of aspen has become a critical concern. Using dendroecological approaches, we assessed growth patterns of 20 aspen stands across three geographically isolated “sky island” mountain ranges spanning [...]

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citationTypeJournal Article
journalForest Ecology and Management
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typeDOI
valuehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121664
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value554
typeArticle
value121762

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