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MPB dataset
Description
A dataset containing polygons representing the location of mountain pine beetle hotspot polygons in Morice Forest District, British Columbia, Canada.
Format
mpb — a sf object with 711 mountain pine beetle hotspot polygons that occurred over eight years. The temporal indicator is the TGROUP column. Another variable REGION indicates whether the hotspot was in the northern or southern regions, which experienced mostly independent outbreaks.
Details
These data were derived from helicopter-based GPS surveys during early years of large mountain pine beetle outbreak in Western Canada.
Source
Data obtained from Trisalyn Nelson (ASU)
References
Nelson TA, Boots B, Wulder MA, Carroll AL. Environmental characteristics of mountain pine beetle infestation hot spots. Journal of Ecosystems and Management. 2007 Mar 14;8(1).
Examples
data(mpb)
plot(mpb['TGROUP'])