sppAbundance {datana}

Contains information of abundance of plant species in the central-southern Andes of Chile.

Description

Abundance of plant species [50 total] (at parcel scale [100 m^{2}]) in burned Araucaria-Nothofagus forests with different levels of fire severity (ie, unburned = unburned, low_sev = low severity, mid_sev = medium severity , high_sev = high severity) in the China Muerta National Reserve, Andes of central-southern Chile.

Usage

data(sppAbundance)

Format

Contains six variables, as follows:

sp.name

name of specie.

sp.code.name

code of specie

unburned

Abundance of plants unburned.

low.sev

Abundance of plants for low severity of burned.

mid.sev

Abundance of plants for middle severity of burned.

high.sev

Abundance of plants for high severity of burned.

Source

The data are provided courtesy of Dr Andres Fuentes at the Universidad of La Frontera (Temuco, Chile)

References

- Fuentes A, Salas C, Gonzalez M, Urrutia J, Arroyo P, Santibanez P. 2020. Initial response of understorey vegetation and tree regeneration to a mixed-severity fire in old-growth Araucaria-Nothofagus forests. Applied Vegetation Science 23:210-222.

Examples

data(sppAbundance)    
head(sppAbundance)