Assessment of Giant Sequoia Mortality and Regeneration within Burned Groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (ver. 3.0, September 2024)
Dates
Publication Date
2023-07-17
Start Date
2022-04-27
End Date
2022-10-12
Revision
2024-01-18
Last Revision
2024-09-30
Citation
Soderberg, D.N., and Das, A.J., 2023, Assessment of giant sequoia mortality and regeneration within burned groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks (ver. 3.0, September 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96Z1PBK.
Summary
Provided are data containing condition assessments on individual giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum; SEGI) stems and post-fire regeneration counts within Board Camp, Suwanee, New Oriole Lake, Homer’s Nose, and a subset of Redwood Mountain and Dillonwood groves of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, respectively. Stem data contain condition-related attributes (e.g., spatial location, diameter breast height, status - live or dead, percent canopy that is live, scorched or torched). Regeneration plots are located using a spatially-balanced sampling design (Generalized Random Tessellation Stratified - 'GRTS'). Each regeneration plot is a fixed radius circle (11.35 meters or 17.84 meters) and contain count data of giant sequoia [...]
Summary
Provided are data containing condition assessments on individual giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum; SEGI) stems and post-fire regeneration counts within Board Camp, Suwanee, New Oriole Lake, Homer’s Nose, and a subset of Redwood Mountain and Dillonwood groves of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, respectively. Stem data contain condition-related attributes (e.g., spatial location, diameter breast height, status - live or dead, percent canopy that is live, scorched or torched). Regeneration plots are located using a spatially-balanced sampling design (Generalized Random Tessellation Stratified - 'GRTS'). Each regeneration plot is a fixed radius circle (11.35 meters or 17.84 meters) and contain count data of giant sequoia seedlings.
These data support the following publication:
Soderberg, D., Das, A., Stephenson, N., Meyer, M., Brigham, C. and Flickinger, J., 2024. Assessing giant sequoia mortality and regeneration following high-severity wildfire. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4789.
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Purpose
Data were collected as part of a giant sequoia grove re-inventory program for Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. It is in the National Park's interest to assess grove health and structure, both in real time and into the future. Appropriate uses of this data included general stand metric summarizations (eg., basal area, size distributions) and statistical modelling of recruitment.
Revision 3.0 published by Erika Sanchez on September 30, 2024. To review the changes that were made, see "RevisionHistory_v3.0.txt" in the attached files section.