Aspen forest overstory relations to understory production

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Bork, E. W.
  • LaRade, S. E.

• We examined the relationship between aspen cover and understory production across two topographic positions and two management systems within the Aspen Parkland of eastern Alberta. Understory biomass typically declined with increasing overstory, with greater yield losses on north-facing forests than bottomlands. Browse often compensated for herbage loss, and limited evidence of facilitative growth was observed.

• Date created

  2011

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Facilitation
  • Browse
  • Herbage biomass
  • Topographic position
  • Competition
  • Aspen removal

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3Q236

• License

  @2011 LaRade, S. E., Bork, E. W. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.