Title:

Conifer snagfall data in bark-beetle infested subalpine forests at the Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado, USA

Author(s):

Rhoades, Charles C.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Hood, Paul R.; Starr, Banning J.; Tinker, Daniel B.; Elder, Kelly

Publication Year:

2019

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Rhoades, Charles C.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Hood, Paul R.; Starr, Banning J.; Tinker, Daniel B.; Elder, Kelly. 2019. Conifer snagfall data in bark-beetle infested subalpine forests at the Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado, USA. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0048

Abstract:

This data publication contains data directly associated with Rhoades et al. (2020), "Snagfall the first decade after severe bark beetle infestation of high-elevation forests in Colorado, USA". Over 4200 standing live and dead lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii), and beetle-killed pine snags were tagged in 2007 following the peak of a recent mountain pine bark beetle outbreak in watersheds at the Fraser Experimental Forest in northcentral Colorado. In 2007 measurements include snag species, diameter at breast height, and status (live or dead). Snagfall were re-sampled ten (in 2016) and twelve (in 2018) years later and data include the cause, position and direction of windthrow were recorded along with whether or not the trees appeared to fall as a group or separately.

Keywords:

biota; Forest & Plant Health; Insects; Invasive species; forest disturbance; windthrow; insect outbreak; subalpine forest; mountain pine beetle; Dendroctonus ponderosae; lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; subalpine fir; Abies lasiocarpa; Engelmann spruce; Picea engelmannii; Fraser Experimental Forest; Colorado Front Range; Colorado River watershed; Grand County; Colorado

Related publications:

• Rhoades, Charles C.; Hubbard, Robert M.; Hood, Paul R.; Starr, Banning J.; Tinker, Daniel B.; Elder, Kelly. 2020. Snagfall the first decade after severe bark beetle infestation of high-elevation forests in Colorado, USA. Ecological Applications. 30(3): e02059. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2059 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/60322

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