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Publication Details

Title:
Historical beech and oak forests in Indiana Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Hanberry, Brice B.
Publication Year:
2018
How to Cite:
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
Hanberry, Brice B. 2018. Historical beech and oak forests in Indiana. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0038
Abstract:
This data publication contains a shapefile that provides tree percentages for historical beech and oak forests of Indiana. Data provided include the estimated percentage of beech, oak, ash, hickory, and sugar maple found in these forests, between 1799 and 1946, for each township in Indiana. These data were recovered, using unique GIS methods, from historical tree survey information stored in bar chart figures in Potzger et al. (1956) which presented the approximately 214,500 trees surveyed during that time period. The methods, tabular data, and findings are presented in Hanberry (2018).

Keywords:
biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Environment and People; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; ash; beech; data recovery; figure; hickory; historical forests; oak; presettlement; sugar maple; TIF; historical tree surveys; General Land Office; GLO; Public Land Survey System; PLSS; Indiana
Related publications:
  • Hanberry, Brice B. 2018. Revisiting historical beech and oak forests in Indiana using a GIS method to recover information from bar charts. PeerJ. 6: e5158. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5158
  • Potzger, John E.; Potzger, Margaret Esther; McCormick, Jack. 1956. The forest primeval of Indiana as recorded in the original U.S. land surveys and an evaluation of previous interpretations of Indiana vegetation. Butler University Botanical Studies. 13(1): 95–111. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41822538
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