Title:

Data from "Wildfire severity and postfire salvage harvest effects on long-term forest regeneration"

Author(s):

Povak, Nicholas A.; Churchill, Derek J.; Cansler, C. Alina; Hessburg, Paul F.; Kane, Van R.; Kane, Jonathan T.; Lutz, James A.; Larson, Andrew J.

Publication Year:

2021

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Povak, Nicholas A.; Churchill, Derek J.; Cansler, C. Alina; Hessburg, Paul F.; Kane, Van R.; Kane, Jonathan T.; Lutz, James A.; Larson, Andrew J. 2021. Data from "Wildfire severity and postfire salvage harvest effects on long-term forest regeneration". Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0079

Abstract:

This data publication contains data from a study that evaluated long-term (15-30 year) post-fire regeneration patterns across eastern Washington. These data include both: 1) field-based measurements on seedling and sapling (< 4-meter[m]) height regeneration, overstory tree (> 4-m height), and understory vegetation, and 2) remotely sensed fire severity (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity; Eidenshink et al. 2007), 30-year climate normals and post-fire weather (climateWNA; Wang et al. 2016), and topography data (National Elevation Dataset, http://ned.usgs.gov/). The study area was located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests. A total of 248 sample sites were visited in summer 2017 and represented a gradient of dry, moist, and cold-dry mixed-conifer forest types. Sites were selected within salvage logged and untreated areas and were selected exclusively in moderate and high severity fire patches. Field sampling occurred within a fixed 16-m radius circular plot within which four subplots (which varied in size depending on initial assessment of regeneration densities) were established at cardinal directions, where tree regeneration was tallied by species and height class.

Keywords:

environment; Fire; Fire effects on environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; climatic tolerance; Douglas-fir; dry forest; high severity; lodgepole pine; ponderosa pine; regeneration; resilience; salvage harvest; seed dispersal; western larch; wildfire; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; Washington; Eastern Cascades section (M242C); Highlands section (M333A); Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Colville National Forest

Related publications:

• Povak, Nicholas A.; Churchill, Derek J.; Cansler, C. Alina; Hessburg, Paul F.; Kane, Van R.; Kane, Jonathan T.; Lutz, James A.; Larson, Andrew J. 2020. Wildfire severity and postfire salvage harvest effects on long‐term forest regeneration. Ecosphere. 11(8): p.e03199. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3199

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