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Title:
Effect of management activities on forest soil properties in the Rocky Mountains: VI. Microsite data
Author(s):
Jain, Theresa B.; Sikkink, Pamela G.; Graham, Russell T.
Publication Year:
2021
How to Cite:
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Jain, Theresa B.; Sikkink, Pamela G.; Graham, Russell T. 2021. Effect of management activities on forest soil properties in the Rocky Mountains: VI. Microsite data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0067
Abstract:
This data publication contains measurements from a field study that was designed to determine how mechanical site preparation and prescribed fire treatments affected the understory vegetation, conifer establishment and growth, and soil physical and chemical properties in each of 11 national forests located in Montana, Idaho, and Arizona. These data were collected over a five-year period (1989-1993). The treatments (listed by treatment code) applied to the sites included the following: 1 = bole removed followed by broadcast burn, 2 = bole removed followed by dozer or grapple pile, 3 = control (undispersed), 4 = whole tree removal (only in 1990 Helena/Deerlodge Forest), and 9 = burned only. Not every treatment was used in each forest.

The data for this portion of the study is from the microsite, which is a small (3 inch) circular area placed within each stand boundary. Used in conjunction with the vegetation and tree/stump data in this archive collection, the microsite gives a more complete picture of the soil surface conditions to the manager for each treatment type. The microsite data itself contains descriptions and percent-cover estimates of lifeforms, percentages of abiotic components on the soil surface, shade directions at the microsite, and estimates of a range of burn severities across the small area.

The original intent of the study was to summarize the data to an individual stand so returning to each stand for additional sampling in subsequent years was not planned and plot locations were not permanently marked. However, written or diagrammed descriptions of the location of each sample site exist on the sample forms. These descriptions are included with these archived data in case there is a future need to return to the sample areas.

Keywords:
biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Fire ecology; Fire; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Soil; abiotic cover on soil surface; burn severity; lifeforms on soil surface; shade direction; Arizona; Idaho; Montana; Boise National Forest; Helena/Deerlodge National Forest; Lolo National Forest; Nez Perce National Forest; Payette National Forest; Salmon National Forest; Targhee National Forest
Related publications:
  • Graham, Russell T.; Harvey, Alan E.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Jain, Theresa B.; Tonn, Jonalea R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 1994. Managing coarse woody debris in forests of the Rocky Mountains. Research Paper. INT-RP-477. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 12 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-RP-477
  • Jain, Theresa B.; Sikkink, Pamela G.; Graham, Russell T. 2021. Effect of management activities on forest soil properties in the Rocky Mountains: I. Understory vegetation. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0062
  • Jain, Theresa B.; Sikkink, Pamela G.; Graham, Russell T. 2021. Effect of management activities on forest soil properties in the Rocky Mountains: II. Tree, stump, and downed woody debris data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0063
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