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Key Research Papers Dealing with Aspen Management in the Western United States

Wayne Shepperd, Forest Silviculturist who retired in 2008 from the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station assembled this list of publications.

Bartos, D.L.; Campbell, R.B.Jr. 1998. Decline of quaking aspen in the Interior West--examples from Utah. Rangelands. 20: (1) 17-24.

Burton, D. 2004. Development of a protocol for the ecological assessment of a special species. In: Shepperd, Wayne D.; Eskew, Lane G., compilers. 2004. Silviculture in special places: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop; 2003 September 8-11; Granby, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-34. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 164-170. (Note: In Pub. 18 on disk)

DeByle, Norbert V. and Winokur, Robert P., eds. 1985. Aspen: ecology and management in the western United States. RM-GTR-119. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 283 p.

Edminster, C.B.; Mowrer,H.T.; Hinds, T.E.. 1982. Volume tables and point-sampling factors for aspen in Colorado. USDA Forest Service Research Paper RM-232, 16 p. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo.

Edminster, Carleton B., H. Todd Mowrer, and Wayne D. Shepperd. 1985. Site index tables for aspen in Colorado and Wyoming. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM-453, 4p. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Hessl, A. 2002. Aspen, Elk, and Fire: The effects of human institutions on ecosystem processes. BioScience 52(11): 1011-1022.

Hessl, A.; Gramulich, L.J. 2002.Interactive effects of human activities, herbivory and fire on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) age structures in western Wyoming. J. Biogeography 29:889-902.

Hogg, E.H.; Brant, J.P.; Kochtubajda, B. 2001. Responses of western Canadian aspen forests to climate variation and insect defoliation during the period 1950-2000. Project A039 Report. Edmonton, AB. Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Centre. 25p.

Jones, B.E.; Rickman, T.H.; Vazquez, A.; Sado, Y.; Tate, K.W. 2005b. Removal of encroaching conifers to regenerate degraded aspen stands in the Sierra Nevada. Restoration Ecology. 13: (2) 373-379.

Kaye, M.W.; Binkley, D.; Stohlgren, T. 2005. Effects of conifers and elk browsing on quaking aspen forests in the Central Rocky Mountains, USA. Ecological Applications 15(4): 1284-1295.

Keyser, T.L.; Smith, F.W.; Shepperd, W.D. 2005. Trembling aspen response to a mixed-severity wildfire in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35: 2679-2684.

Moench, R.D. Undated. Aspen seed collection. Nursery Information Series. Ft. Collins, CO. Colorado State Forest Service. 7p.

Rogers, P.C.; Shepperd, W.D.; Bartos, D.L. 2007. Aspen in the Sierra Nevada: Regional Conservation of a Continental Species. Natural Areas Journal 27 (2): 183-193.

Shepperd, Wayne D. 1993. The effect of commercial harvest activities on root compaction and suckering of aspen. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 8(2): 62-66.

Shepperd, W.D. 1996. Response of aspen root suckers to regeneration methods and post-harvest protection. Res. Pap. RM-RP-324. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 8p.

Shepperd, W.D. 2004. Techniques to restore aspen forests in the Western U.S. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society. 40:52-60.

Shepperd, W.D.; Bartos D.L.; Mata S.A. 2001. Above- and below-ground effects of aspen clonal regeneration and succession to conifers. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31: (5) 739-745.

Shepperd, W.D.; Binkley, D.; Bartos, D.L.; Stohlgren, T.J.; and Eskew, L.G., compilers. 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.

Shepperd, W.D.; Mata, S.A. 2005. Planting Aspen to Rehabilitate Riparian Areas: A Pilot Study. Res Note RMRS-RN-26. Ft. Collins, CO, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 5 p.

Shepperd, W.D.; Mowrer, H.T. 1984. Whole stand volume tables for Rocky Mountain aspen. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM-440, 5 p. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Shepperd, W.D.; Reichert, D.L.; Mata, S.A. 2004. Overwinter storage of carbohydrate in aspen. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society. 40:45-48.

Shepperd, W.D.; Rogers, P.C.; Burton, D.; Bartos, D.L. 2006. Ecology, biodiversity, management, and restoration of aspen in the Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-178. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 122p.

Shepperd, Wayne D. 1993. The effect of commercial harvest activities on root compaction and suckering of aspen. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 8(2): 62-66.

Smith, A.E.; Smith, F.W. 2005. Twenty-year change in aspen dominance in pure aspen and mixed aspen/conifer stands on the Uncompahgre Plateau, Colorado, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 213: 338-348.

Smith, Amy E. 2004. Aspen and conifer interactions over a twenty-year period onthe Uncompahgre Plateau, Colorado. MS. Thesis, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. 39p.

Worrall JJ, Egeland L, Eager T, Mask RA, Johnson EW, Kemp PA, Shepperd WD. 2008. Rapid mortality of Populus tremuloides in southwestern Colorado, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 255(3-4): 686-696.

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