Title:

Field and spatial data for: Understanding the role of fire refugia in promoting ecosystem resilience of dry forests in the western United States

Author(s):

Miller, Carol; Krawchuk, Meg A.; Coop, Jonathan D.; Downing, William M.; Walker, Ryan B.; Haire, Sandra L.; Chong, Geneva; Whitman, Ellen; Parisien, Marc-André

Publication Year:

2021

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Miller, Carol; Krawchuk, Meg A.; Coop, Jonathan D.; Downing, William M.; Walker, Ryan B.; Haire, Sandra L.; Chong, Geneva; Whitman, Ellen; Parisien, Marc-André. 2021. Field and spatial data for: Understanding the role of fire refugia in promoting ecosystem resilience of dry forests in the western United States. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0003

Abstract:

This data publication contains both field and spatial components of a research project regarding the role of fire refugia in promoting ecosystem resilience. These data were collected in the western regions of the United States including the Southern Rocky Mountains (Colorado and New Mexico), the Blue Mountains (Oregon), the Kaibab and Coconino Plateaus and Mogollon Rim (Arizona). Data were collected at 12 field sites which were within burned areas selected for their occurrence in a post-fire time frame considered sufficient for observation of forest recovery. Field data were collected in 2017 along a spatial gradient defined by distance from surviving trees; the tree maps were developed using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) digital images taken post-fire (2007-2014) at the field sites. Variables measured in the field included species, cover and height of herbaceous and woody plants, ground cover and data on residual trees.

Keywords:

biota; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Fire; Fire ecology; fire refugia; forest regeneration; Pinus ponderosa; National Agriculture Imagery Program; Colorado; New Mexico; Oregon; Arizona; Southern Rocky Mountains; Blue Mountains; Kaibab Plateau; Coconino Plateau; Mogollon Rim

Related publications:

• Coop, Jonathan D.; DeLory, Timothy J.; Downing, William M.; Haire, Sandra L.; Krawchuk, Meg A.; Miller, Carol; Parisien, Marc-André; Walker, Ryan B. 2019. Contributions of fire refugia to resilient ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forest landscapes. Ecosphere. 10( 7): e02809. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2809 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/58345
• Downing, William M.; Krawchuk, Meg A.; Meigs, Garrett W.; Haire, Sandra L.; Coop, Jonathan D.; Walker, Ryan B.; Whitman, Ellen; Chong, Geneva; Miller, Carol. 2019. Influence of fire refugia spatial pattern on post-fire forest recovery in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. Landscape Ecology. 34: 771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00802-1 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/58346

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