Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

USDA Logo U.S. Department of Agriculture

Publication Details

Title:
Interpolated fire-adapted tree abundance in pre-settlement forests of Minnesota Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J.
Publication Year:
2021
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:
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J. 2021. Interpolated fire-adapted tree abundance in pre-settlement forests of Minnesota. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0056
Abstract:
Historic bearing-tree information was used to create an interpolated data surface of the percentage of fire-adapted trees across much of the state of Minnesota. Species and genera were classified as either pyrophilic (fire loving) or pyrophobic (fire avoiding). Each record, comprised of one tree, was assigned a pyrophilic score of either 0 or 100%. An 805 square meter grid was overlaid onto the point data and mean pyrophilic percentages were calculated from all bearing trees within each cell. Ordinary kriging was used to create the interpolated surface. This data publication includes the shapefile containing interpolated mean percent pyrophilic values summarized by 10% classes as polygons for both the Midwestern Broadleaf Forest Province and Laurentian Mixed Forest Province in Minnesota.

Keywords:
fire; presettlement disturbance regimes; ecological units; biogeography; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Plant ecology; Minnesota
Related publications:
  • Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa A.; Nowacki, Gregory J. 2016. Landscape-fire relationships inferred from bearing trees in Minnesota. General Technical Report. NRS-GTR-160. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 32 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-160
Metrics:
Visit count : 212
Download count: 8
More details
Data Access:
  • View metadata (HTML)
  • View file index (HTML), which lists all files in this data publication and short description of their contents
  • Download all files below for the complete publication:

Need information about Using our Formats?