coForest {firebehavioR}

Colorado dry forest inventory summary.

Description

Fuels inventory summary of seven sampled forests in the southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau. Each forest was sampled before and after tree thinnings.

Usage

data("coForest")

Format

A data frame with 14 observations of 10 variables:

site

name of forest location

status

either before (pre) or after (post) forest thinning

trees_perha

tree density (trees/ha)

basalArea_m2ha

basal area (m2/ha)

qmd_cm

quadratic mean diameter (cm)

height_m

mean tree height (m)

sfl_kgm2

surface fuel load (kg/m2)

cbd_kgm3

canopy bulk density (kg/m3)

cbh_m

canopy base height (m)

cfl_kgm2

canopy fuel load (kg/m2)

Source

Ziegler, J.P., Hoffman, C., Battaglia, M., Mell, W., 2017. Spatially explicit measurements of forest structure and fire behavior following restoration treatments in dry forests. Forest Ecology & Management 386, 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2016.12.002