Site characterization, regeneration attributes, and juvenile conifer growth characteristics for 25 forest and woodland sites in the southwestern United States

This dataset contains biotic and abiotic site characterization data, juvenile conifer regeneration and growth data, and detailed juvenile growth characteristic data for destructively sampled juvenile conifers. Data are included for 25 forest and woodland sites in the southwestern United States, and were collected in summer 2019. A detailed sampling and analysis methodology is available from the following publication (in press as of 10-2021):

Pirtel NL, Bradford JB, Hubbard RM, Abella SR, Kolb TE, Litvak ME, Porter SL and Petrie MD. 2021. The aboveground and belowground growth characteristics of juvenile conifers in the southwestern United States, Ecosphere: in press.

Please contact the corresponding author (MD Petrie) with any questions or requests.