This readme.txt file was generated on 20150203 by Kimberley Taylor

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Response to fire on the Upper Snake River Plain
2. File Information:
   A. Filename: INL_BRTE_dataset
   B. Short description: This file contains environmental and vegetation data for 10 x 10 m plots along transects through a chronosequence of fires on the Upper Snake River Plain.
   

3. Principal Investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Kimberley T. Taylor
   B. Institution: Montana State University
   C. Address: 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Mt 59717
   D. Email: Kimberleytaylor7@gmail.com

4. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
   A. Name: Bruce D. Maxwell
   B. Institution: Montana State University
   C. Address: 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Mt 59717
   D. Email: Bmax@montana.edu


6. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): June 2011

7. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Idaho National Lab, Idaho, USA

8. Date files were created: 20110630

9. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no

10. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Gonzales-Stoller Surveillance (GSS-0300-1100008) and NSF-WildFIRE PIRE (OISE 09667472)

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
 See Taylor K, Brummer T, Rew LJ, Lavin M, Maxwell BD. 2014. Bromus tectorum response to fire varies with climate. Ecosystems: 17: 960-973.
 http://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-014-9771-7

2. Methods for processing the data: R statistical software; see Taylor K, Brummer T, Rew LJ, Lavin M, Maxwell BD. 2014. Bromus tectorum response to fire varies with climate. Ecosystems: 17: 960-973.


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:  Two observers were used to calibrate their aerial cover estimates.


8. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: All samples collected by Kimberley Taylor and Bruce Maxwell.

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION

1. Parameters and/or variables used in the data set
   A. Name: Distance to road
   B. Description: Distance to nearest paved or dirt road.
   C. Units of measurement: Meters
   D. Name: Aspect
   E. Description: Plot aspect derived from a 10 meter resolution DEM in ArcGIS using SpatialAnalyst
   F. Units of measurement: Degree
   G. Name: Elevation
   H. Description: Plot elevation derived from a 10 meter resolution DEM in ArcGIS
   I. Units of measurement: Meters above sealevel
   J. Name: Slope
   K. Description: Plot slope derived from a 10 meter resolution DEM in ArcGIS using SpatialAnalyst
   L. Units of measurement: Degree
   M. Name: Burn category
   N. Description: Categorical variable grouping sites by time since fire 
   O. Units of measurement: Years since fire (2x means burned twice in past 20 years, with most recent burn the year before sampling)
   P. Name: Cover  (all different plant cover data)
   Q. Description: Aerial cover estimated by two lead authors and averaged for a 10 x 10 meter plot.
   R. Units of measurement: Percent
   S. Name: Relative cover
   T. Description: Cover of given plant category divided by total plant cover in plot and multipled by 100.
   U. Units of measurement: Percent
   V. Name: Species1 (and 2-4)
   W. Description: Name of most abundant by cover (and second to fourth most abundant) species in plot.
   X. Units of measurement: NA
   Y. Name: Avg. height species1 (and species2-4)
   Z. Description: Average height of the given species in plot.
   AA. Units of measurement: Centimeters

4. Other specialized formats or abbreviations used: "BRTE" means Bromus tectorum

5. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-014-9771-7

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:

5. Was data derived from another source? No
   A. List source(s):

6. Recommended citation for the data:
    Taylor, KT and Maxwell, BD. (2011). Response to fire on the Upper Snake River Plain.



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