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Populus tremuloides

Common names: trembling aspen, quaking aspen, Quaking Aspen, aspen, Aspen, quaking aspens, Quaking aspen, Quaking Aspens

Authority: Michx.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Salicaceae

Roles: study subject, habitat component, host plant, habitat, habitat species, habitat plant, cached vegetation, mentioned, forest vegetation, dominant tree species, trap support structure, cover/habitat, habitat defining species, community member, habitat indicator, food plant, managed species

ITIS TSN: 195773

Synonyms: aspen, P. tremuloides, deciduous aspen, quaking aspen, aspens, Aspen, dead Aspen leaves, aspen trees, aspen woodlands

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 181 | Mentions: 314

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Publications (195)

student_paper

Documenting Activity Levels of Discovered Seasonal Native Bombus Nests

2026Role: text_match

thesis

Interspecific and Intraspecific Drivers of Minimum Leaf Conductance in Rocky Mountain Plant Communities

2026UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)Role: text_match

Populus tremuloides

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Publications (195)

Documenting Activity Levels of Discovered Seasonal Native Bombus Nests

Interspecific and Intraspecific Drivers of Minimum Leaf Conductance in Rocky Mountain Plant Communities

Ploidy level predicts differences in minimum leaf conductance in quaking aspen, <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

Within-day Variation in Pollinator Activity on Frasera speciosa in a Mast Year

A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

Documents (75)

1980

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

Amendment Number 18

An Ecological Basis for Beaver Management in the Rocky Mountain Region

An Ecological Basis for Beaver Management in the Rocky Mountain Region

Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

Co-occurring Species

Populus

Picea engelmannii

Pinus contorta

Abies lasiocarpa

Beetles

Artemisia tridentata

Salix brachycarpa

Picea/Abies spp.

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Artemisia

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

Tremblings, February 2025

Using time-lapse imagery to determine snow heterogeneity

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

Optimizing Field-linked simulations of dry season uptake and monsoon infiltration within an aspen-mixed conifer forest

What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology

Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Daily roadkill monitoring and long-term population census reveal female-biased mortality for a small mammal along a wildland-urban interface

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

Interannual precipitation controls on soil CO2 fluxes in high elevation conifer and aspen forests

Silviculture

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

Causes and consequences of pre-hibernation body mass in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Effects of clumping of <i> Delphinium barbeyi </i> on pollination

Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains

Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen

Watershed zonation through hillslope clustering for tractably quantifying above-and below-ground watershed heterogeneity and functions

Analyzing Atmospheric Carbonaceous Material Influenced by Wildfires Through Raman Spectroscopy

Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>)

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

The effect of cytotype on radial growth rate in quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>) across environmental gradients

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

A Brief Escape to Normalcy: A Summer at RMBL

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

Effects of frost and neighborhood on Tephritid fly herbivory of <i>Erigeron speciosus</i>

Field Research in the Time of the Pandemic

Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science

RMBL Research in the time of Covid-19: Magical Realism?

Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx.)

Satellite-derived foresummer drought sensitivity of plant productivity in Rocky Mountain headwater catchments: spatial heterogeneity and geological-geomorphological control