Assessing the effects of fire season, fire severity and rainfall on seedling establishment and mortality in dry eucalypt forests

Fire plays a crucial role in shaping ecosystems globally, yet climate change is driving complex shifts in fire regimes. Fire-weather seasons are lengthening, with many fire-prone ecosystems experiencing increased drying and rising temperatures. Consequently, fire is occurring more frequently outside historical fire seasons, potentially exposing vulnerable species to risk of decline. Here, we examine how fire season and severity interact to influence perennial plant post-fire recruitment in the dry eucalypt jarrah forests of southwest Western Australia. We assessed seedling recruitment and mortality of all species (except graminoids) following 11 fires across two years. The burns occurred in either autumn or spring, and plots were stratified across three severity classes. Each site was surveyed three times post-fire. Seedling density was highest within the first year following autumn fires. However, by the final survey year, densities were highest after moderate and high-severity 2021 sp..., , # Data from: Assessing the effects of fire season, fire severity and rainfall on seedling establishment and mortality in dry eucalypt forests

## Data required:

The data and scripts provided here allow for the full recreation of the analysis undertaken in “Assessing the effects of fire season, fire severity and rainfall on seedling establishment and mortality in dry eucalypt forests.”

There are 7 Excel sheets required to complete the full analysis.

* Fire_Tables1.csv - this provides the complete record of the data and the names of the fires measured in this manuscript.
* Data_finalV2.csv - this is the complete data set used in this analysis, including site and treatment information.
* Year1matrix.csv, Year2matrix.csv, and Year3matrix.csv - Species composition matrix for each of the three survey periods.
* MortalityandWeather.csv - plot level data for Rainfall and Max Temperature sourced from [https://www.worldclim.org/data/monthlywth.html](file:///C:/Users/RyanTangney/OneDrive%2..., ,