Field and spatial data for: Understanding the role of fire refugia in promoting ecosystem resilience of dry forests in the western United States

This data publication contains both field and spatial components of a research project regarding the role of fire refugia in promoting ecosystem resilience. These data were collected in the western regions of the United States including the Southern Rocky Mountains (Colorado and New Mexico), the Blue Mountains (Oregon), the Kaibab and Coconino Plateaus and Mogollon Rim (Arizona). Data were collected at 12 field sites which were within burned areas selected for their occurrence in a post-fire time frame considered sufficient for observation of forest recovery. Field data were collected in 2017 along a spatial gradient defined by distance from surviving trees; the tree maps were developed using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) digital images taken post-fire (2007-2014) at the field sites. Variables measured in the field included species, cover and height of herbaceous and woody plants, ground cover and data on residual trees.Data were collected to meet the project objective: To assess the ecological role of fire refugia as a component of ecosystem resilience.

本数据发布涵盖了关于火庇护所促进生态系统弹性的作用的研究项目的现场和空间组件。这些数据在美国西部地区收集，包括南部落基山脉（科罗拉多州和新墨西哥州）、蓝色山脉（俄勒冈州）、凯巴布和科科尼诺高原以及莫戈隆盆地（亚利桑那州）。数据收集地点为12个现场，这些现场位于火灾后考虑足够观察森林恢复的火灾区域。2017年在以幸存树木距离为定义的空间梯度上收集了现场数据；树木图是利用国家农业影像计划（NAIP）在火灾后（2007-2014年）于现场地点拍摄的数字图像开发的。现场测量的变量包括草本和木本植物的种类、覆盖度和高度、地表覆盖以及残留树木的数据。数据收集旨在满足项目目标：评估火庇护所在生态系统弹性组成部分中的生态作用。