Approach
Focus on areas where persistent aspen communities are expected to expand and maintain communities where future climatic conditions will allow.
Tactics
- Remove competing vegetation (e.g., common juniper) and control ungulate browsing to allow for recruitment.
- Reduce density of conifer species.
- Use available mapping products to identify areas of potential expansion.
Sensitivity
Strategy
Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.,