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Standign on the edge of the Mt Zirkel Wildfire burn scar, three researchers prepare to collect data regarding postfire regeneration of lodgepole pine, quakign aspen, Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir.
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) have the ability to regenerate both from seed and vegetatively through clones that grow from a vast root network. Until recently, widespread seedling establishment of aspen in subalpine forests was thought to occur only very rarely. 
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Using field surveys and species distribution modelling , I am working with a group of researchers to investigate where and why quaking aspen seedlings have established across much of Routt National Forest following a severe wildfire. This work was recently published in Forest Ecology and Management. You can find the full text on my publications page.
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