Title:

Vegetation and fuels data from the Fire & Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana: 20-year summary

Author(s):

Hood, Sharon M.; Crotteau, Justin S.

Publication Year:

2023

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Hood, Sharon M.; Crotteau, Justin S. 2023. Vegetation and fuels data from the Fire & Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana: 20-year summary. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0063

Abstract:

This data publication contains vegetation and fuels measurements from 2001-2022 at the Lubrecht Fire & Fire Surrogate Study Site, which was established in 2000 and includes four treatments: an untreated control, prescribed burn, a thinning, and a thinning followed by prescribed burn. This study site is located at the University of Montana's Lubrecht Experimental Forest in western Montana, approximately 50 kilometers east of Missoula. Data span 20 years from pre-treatment in 2001 through 2022, 20 years post-treatment. The publication includes six tabular data sets (comma-separated values (CSV) files): 1) tree level data (≥ 10.16 centimeter (cm) diameter at breast height (DBH), 2) plot level sapling density by species and diameter class, 3) plot level seedling density by species and height class, 4) plot level understory vegetation cover, 5) plot level fuel loading, and 6) plot level aboveground carbon stocks and potential fire severity (i.e., predicted tree mortality if a fire occurs).

Keywords:

biota; environment; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire suppression, pre-suppression; Prescribed fire; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Assessments; Resource inventory; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; Restoration; vegetation measurements ; fuels measurements; fuel treatments; ponderosa pine; forest restoration; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; Lubrecht Experimental Forest; Montana; Lubrecht Fire-Fire Surrogate Study Site

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• Hood, Sharon M.; Crotteau, Justin S.; Cleveland, Cory C. 2024. Long-term efficacy of fuel reduction and restoration treatments in Northern Rockies dry forests. Ecological Applications. e2940. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2940
• Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J. 2019. Vegetation data following the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0040
• Hood, Sharon M. 2016. Data supporting publication of fortifying the forest: thinning and burning increase resistance to a bark beetle outbreak and promote forest resilience. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0010
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