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6. Maps of climate factors
7. Predicted vegetation
8. Holdridge life zones
11. Campaign January-April 1863
12. Campaign April 1863
14. Aspen Mechanics Dominant apical meristems produce auxins that inhibit root sprouting
15. Aspen Mechanics If larger stems are cut, damaged, or burned, roots that are less than 3” - 4” deep can produce lots of sprouts or suckers that form a dense new forest, in theory...
16. Aspen Mechanics …something like this
17. Aspen Decline in YNP Aspen stands in Yellowstone have been in decline for most of this century
Mortality due to disease, fungi, old age, etc.
Older stands are not being replaced by fast growing sprouts