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

Research Data Publication File Index

File Folder Description
_metadata_RDS-2023-0063.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2023-0063.xml   Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_variable_descriptions.csv \Data Comma-separated values (CSV) file containing a list and description of variables found in all data files.
carbon_potentialfireseverity.csv \Data CSV file containing aboveground carbon stocks and potential fire severity by block, treatment, plot, and year.
fuels.csv \Data CSV file containing surface and ground dead fuel loading by block, treatment, plot, and year.
saplings.csv \Data CSV file containing sapling density data by block, treatment, plot, species, size class, and year.
seedlings.csv \Data CSV file containing seedling density data by block, treatment, plot, species, size class, and year.
trees.csv \Data CSV file containing information on each 0.1 hectare plot of trees ≥ 10 centimeters diameter at breast height (DBH) in each block and treatment combination.
understory.csv \Data CSV file containing percent cover of understory vegetation by block, treatment, plot, genus, lifeform, origin, and year.
FFS_plotlayout.jpg \Supplements Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image file containing the Whittaker plot design used in this study.