Data For: The Influence of Post-Fire Recovery and Environmental Conditions on Boreal Vegetation

This data was gathered to explore patterns of vegetation recovery after fire in the boreal forests of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Vegetation and environmental data was collected from a chronosequence of sampling sites ranging from one to 275 years after fire covering both the Taiga Shield and Taiga Plains Ecoregions.<p><p>

The dataset is comprised of three data sheets:<p>
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Jorgensen et al_SpeciesRelativeAbundance includes presence and absence data per plot for a selection of vascular plant and lichen species, as well as associated environmental variables and site information. Each species has a "presence" column and an "absence" column, adding to five, indicating the number of quadrats per plot where the species was found.
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Jorgensen et al_VegetationCommunityComposition includes abundance indices (from 1-5) per plot for all vascular and non-vascular species used in manuscript ordinations (excluded: species present in only one plot, species causing anomalies - see manuscript for more information).
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Jorgensen et al_SeedlingSaplingCounts includes counts of the number of seedlings and saplings <1.3m tall per sampling plot for black spruce (Picea mariana), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides).
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