For some people, the word ‘aspen’ may be more likely to conjure up images of a ski resort in Colorado rather than a tree indigenous to Scotland. However, Populus tremula, as aspen is known in ...
As part of our Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife series, Alan Watson Featherstone reveals the many threats faced by Scotland native aspen trees – a species that created the world oldest and largest living ...
Aspen is highly valued by beavers, who returned to the Cairngorms last year, 400 years after they were driven to extinction in Scotland. It is also an important defence against climate change, as it ...
"Our study highlights that without active management and restoration efforts, aspen stands are at risk of declining further, especially at lower elevations and more southerly exposed areas ...
FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...