Wind Cave National Park FFI Fire Effects Monitoring Data
Swanson D. 2012. Wind Cave National Park FFI Fire Effects Monitoring Data
Fire effects monitoring data collected at Wind Cave N.P. in South Dakota. The data were collected during summer field seasons by the fire effects monitoring crew out of Wind Cave N.P. from 1997 - 2012. Data collected from vegetation transects are either 30 or 50 meter point intercept data to obtain relative and percent cover. Shrub density data (1997-2005) was measured using brush belts along the same transect. Nested frequency data (2003-2012) is collected in three frames (0.01, 0.1, and 1m2 nested quadrats) along the transect to determine species diversity. Photographs are taken from each end of the transect to document change. Data collected from forest plots include tree inventory to obtain density and basal area, fuel load using Brown's method for inventorying surface fuels and biomass, and seedling density. Forest plots are designed either as 50 x 20 meter rectangular or circular 10 meter radius plots depending on if they are intensive (1000m2) or extensive (314m2) plots.
- Type
- Generic Dataset
- Authors
- Swanson, Dan
- Date of Issue
- 2012-11-30
- Units
- WICA
- Keywords
- Biota, Environment, FFI, FIRE, Monitoring, Northern Great Plains, South Dakota, Vegetation, WICA, Wind Cave National Park