Title:

Understory plant community data collected before and after mechanical forest restoration treatments, Colorado Front Range

Author(s):

Demarest, Arièl B.; Wolk, Brett H.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Barrett, Kevin J.; Warnick, Katarina J.; Briggs, Jennifer S.; Redmond, Miranda D.; Rodman, Kyle C.; Feinstein, Jonas A.

Publication Year:

2023

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Demarest, Arièl B.; Wolk, Brett H.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Barrett, Kevin J.; Warnick, Katarina J.; Briggs, Jennifer S.; Redmond, Miranda D.; Rodman, Kyle C.; Feinstein, Jonas A. 2023. Understory plant community data collected before and after mechanical forest restoration treatments, Colorado Front Range. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0048

Abstract:

This data publication contains understory plant community and other data for 168 plots located in or adjacent to 16 mechanical forest restoration treatment units in dry conifer forests of the Front Range, Colorado, USA. Data were collected between 2011 and 2021 in the plots 1-2 years pre-treatment, 1-2 years post-treatment, and 4-6 years post-treatment. Understory plant community data include field measurements of understory plant presence and cover by species or higher taxonomic level. Ancillary data include field measurements of overstory tree (e.g., live overstory basal area), substrate (e.g., litter and duff depth), and topographic (e.g., aspect) conditions, as well as derived measurements of climatic (e.g., long-term mean climatic water stress) and topographic (e.g., topographic position index) conditions.

Keywords:

biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Forest & Plant Health; Botany; Natural Resource Management & Use; Restoration; Forest management; understory plants; plant diversity; forest restoration; mechanical thinning; ponderosa pine; Colorado; Rocky Mountains; Front Range

Related publications:

• Briggs, Jennifer S.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Feinstein, Jonas A. 2017. Short-term ecological consequences of collaborative restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests of Colorado. Forest Ecology and Management. 395: 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.03.008 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/54343
• Demarest, Arièl B.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Wolk, Brett H.; Rodman, Kyle C.; Redmond, Miranda D. 2023. Mechanical forest restoration treatments stimulate understory plants in the Colorado Front Range. Forest Ecology and Management. 58: 121322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121322 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/66667

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