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Fire Response Effects, Biocrust, and Vascular Plant Abundance Following Wildfire near Boise, Idaho (October 2021)

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2021-10-20
End Date
2021-10-21

Citation

Condon, L.A., and Coates, P.S., 2022, Fire response effects, biocrust, and vascular plant abundance following wildfire near Boise, Idaho (October 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P943JB43.

Summary

Twenty quadrats within the burn perimeter of a September 2021 wildfire outside of Boise, Idaho were surveyed for the abundance of fire effects, biocrusts and vascular plants immediately post-fire. The fire was too small to be named. Char was measured as a proxy for fire intensity. Biocrusts were surveyed by morphogroup (crustose lichens, cup lichens, fruticose lichens, gelatinous lichens, short moss, tall moss) and vascular plants were surveyed by functional group (annual forbs, perennial grasses). Char was measured ocularly and biocrust/plant abundance was measured via point-vertex intercept at 40 points per quadrat. These data support the following publication: Condon, L.A., Shinneman, D.J., Rosentreter, R. and Coates, P.S., 2023. [...]

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Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Originator :
Lea Condon, Peter S Coates
Metadata Contact :
Lea Condon
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Western Ecological Research Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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The purpose of this dataset is to determine the susceptibility of biocrusts to fire in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P943JB43

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