Estimated tree mortality, basal area, climate, and drought conditions for ponderosa pine in forest inventory plots across the western U.S.
Data for journal manuscript: Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance
Dates
Publication Date
2021-11-08
Start Date
1980
End Date
2018
Citation
Bradford, J.B., Andrews, C.M., and Shriver, R.K., 2021, Estimated tree mortality, basal area, climate, and drought conditions for ponderosa pine in forest inventory plots across the western U.S.: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92HBML8.
Summary
These data consist of environmental covariates and estimated plot-level mortality of ponderosa pine trees. Environmental covariates include growing season temperature and soil moisture, and values are summarized into long-term mean conditions, and anomalies observed between forest inventory sampling events for each plot. Data also include plot locations (with uncertainty introduced by the US Forest Service to maintain private property rights), plot basal area, and several variables related to estimated mortality rate of ponderosa pine trees under various assumptions about basal area conditions.
Summary
These data consist of environmental covariates and estimated plot-level mortality of ponderosa pine trees. Environmental covariates include growing season temperature and soil moisture, and values are summarized into long-term mean conditions, and anomalies observed between forest inventory sampling events for each plot. Data also include plot locations (with uncertainty introduced by the US Forest Service to maintain private property rights), plot basal area, and several variables related to estimated mortality rate of ponderosa pine trees under various assumptions about basal area conditions.
These data are useful for evaluating geographic patterns in potential mortality of ponderosa pine under a range of forest management scenarios.
Rights
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