Quaking Aspen in Utah: Integrating Recent Science with Management

Abstract

• Quaking aspen is widely regarded as a key resource for humans, livestock, and wildlife with these values often competing with each other, leading to overuse of aspen in some locations and declines.
• Wereview trends in aspen science andmanagement, particularly in Utah. Historically, research conducted here holds a prestigious place in international aspen circles.
• We highlight recent studies continuing the tradition to keep rangeland managers informed of important developments, focusing on aspen functional types, historical cover change and climatewarming, ungulate herbivory, and disturbance interactions.

Keywords: populus tremuloides, ungulate, herbivory, fire, biodiversity, research.