General quadrat information, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Dates
Publication Date
2023-08-24
Start Date
2019-06-11
End Date
2019-11-19
Citation
Yelenik, S.G., and Warneke, C., 2023, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park plant cover, seedling, and plot description data, 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FEN91Q.
Summary
This data release includes data and metadata on plant functional group and substrate cover, as well as location information, and soil depth data, for plots that were established to monitor the efficacy of post-fire seed addition in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii Island. All plots were located in the burn scar of the 2018 Keauhou Fire in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, in the area known as the "Mauna Loa strip", located on the south flank of Mauna Loa.
Summary
This data release includes data and metadata on plant functional group and substrate cover, as well as location information, and soil depth data, for plots that were established to monitor the efficacy of post-fire seed addition in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii Island. All plots were located in the burn scar of the 2018 Keauhou Fire in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, in the area known as the "Mauna Loa strip", located on the south flank of Mauna Loa.
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Warneke, C., Brudvig, L.A., Gregg, M., McDaniel, S., and Yelenik, S., 2023, Elevation, canopy cover and grass cover structure patterns of seedling establishment in a subtropical post‐fire restoration: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, v. 4, no. 4, https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12280.
Post-fire restoration efforts, like tree planting and seeding have shown mixed success, though the causes of the variation in restoration outcomes remain unclear. Abiotic factors such as elevation and fire severity, as well as biotic factors, such as residual canopy cover and abundance of competitive understory grasses, can vary across a burned area and may all influence the success of restoration efforts to re-establish trees following forest fires. We examined the effect of these factors on early seedling establishment of a tree species – māmane (Sophora chrysophylla) – in a subtropical montane woodland in Hawaiʻi. Following a human-caused wildfire, we sowed seeds of māmane as part of a restoration effort. We co-designed a project to examine māmane seedling establishment after the 2018 Keauhou Fire in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
