Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula L.): Central Europe's keystone species 'hiding in plain sight'.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of Eurasian aspen's (Populus tremula L.) ecological and growth characteristics is of high importance to plant and wildlife community ecology, and noncommercial forest ecosystem services. This research assessed these characteristics, identified aspen's habitat optimum, and examined causality of its current scarce distribution in central Europe. We analyzed a robust database of field measurements (4,656,130 stands) for forest management planning over 78,000 km2 of the Czech territory. Our analysis we used GIS techniques, with basic and multivariate statistics such as general linear models, ordination, and classification. Results describe a species of broad ecological amplitude that has heretofore attracted little research attention. Spatial analysis showed significant differences b

SUBMITTER: Kusbach A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10971661 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature