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Quaking aspen productivity recovers after repeated prescribed fire.
Author(s): D. A. Perala
Date: 1995
Source: Research Paper NC-324. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
Publication Series: Research Paper (RP)
Station: North Central Research Station
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Describes how quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stand recovered after logging, and logging and burning. Aspen suckering was profuse after each destructive episode but differences in stockability caused different yield trajectories.Publication Notes
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Perala, D. A. 1995. Quaking aspen productivity recovers after repeated prescribed fire. Research Paper NC-324. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment StationCited
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