1. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire.
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Cansler CA, Hood SM, Varner JM, van Mantgem PJ, Agne MC, Andrus RA, Ayres MP, Ayres BD, Bakker JD, Battaglia MA, Bentz BJ, Breece CR, Brown JK, Cluck DR, Coleman TW, Corace RG 3rd, Covington WW, Cram DS, Cronan JB, Crouse JE, Das AJ, Davis RS, Dickinson DM, Fitzgerald SA, Fulé PZ, Ganio LM, Grayson LM, Halpern CB, Hanula JL, Harvey BJ, Kevin Hiers J, Huffman DW, Keifer M, Keyser TL, Kobziar LN, Kolb TE, Kolden CA, Kopper KE, Kreitler JR, Kreye JK, Latimer AM, Lerch AP, Lombardero MJ, McDaniel VL, McHugh CW, McMillin JD, Moghaddas JJ, O'Brien JJ, Perrakis DDB, Peterson DW, Prichard SJ, Progar RA, Raffa KF, Reinhardt ED, Restaino JC, Roccaforte JP, Rogers BM, Ryan KC, Safford HD, Santoro AE, Shearman TM, Shumate AM, Sieg CH, Smith SL, Smith RJ, Stephenson NL, Stuever M, Stevens JT, Stoddard MT, Thies WG, Vaillant NM, Weiss SA, Westlind DJ, Woolley TJ, and Wright MC
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- Databases as Topic, United States, Fires, Forestry, Forests, Trees
- Abstract
Wildland fires have a multitude of ecological effects in forests, woodlands, and savannas across the globe. A major focus of past research has been on tree mortality from fire, as trees provide a vast range of biological services. We assembled a database of individual-tree records from prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States. The Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database includes records from 164,293 individual trees with records of fire injury (crown scorch, bole char, etc.), tree diameter, and either mortality or top-kill up to ten years post-fire. Data span 142 species and 62 genera, from 409 fires occurring from 1981-2016. Additional variables such as insect attack are included when available. The FTM database can be used to evaluate individual fire-caused mortality models for pre-fire planning and post-fire decision support, to develop improved models, and to explore general patterns of individual fire-induced tree death. The database can also be used to identify knowledge gaps that could be addressed in future research.
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- 2020
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