Wind Cave National Park: FFI Database

Northern Great Plains Fire Ecology Program and Northern Great Plains Inventory And Monitoring Network. 2016. Wind Cave National Park: FFI Database

Northern Great Plains Fire Ecology Program (NGP-FireEP) and Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) plant community monitoring data collected at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. The data were collected during summer field seasons by NGP-FireEP based out of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota from 1997 – 2015 and by NGPN based out of Rapid City, South Dakota from 2011-2015. 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 (2003-2013) are collected in three frames (0.01, 0.1, and 1m2 nested quadrats) along the transect to determine species diversity. From 2011 to 2015, nested frequency data are collected in four frames (0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10m2 nested quadrats) by the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network at five locations along each transect. 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
Relational Database
Authors
Northern Great Plains Fire Ecology Program; Northern Great Plains Inventory And Monitoring Network
Date of Issue
2016-01-29
Units
NGPN , WICA
Keywords
Biota, Environment, FFI, FIRE, Monitoring, Northern Great Plains, South Dakota, Vegetation, WICA, Wind Cave National Park
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex

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