RT Journal Article
T1 The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
A1 Cansler, C. Alina
A1 Hood, Sharon M.
A1 Varner, J. Morgan
A1 van Mantgem, Phillip J.
A1 Agne, Michelle C.
A1 Andrus, Robert A.
A1 Ayres, Matthew P .
A1 Ayres, Bruce
A1 Bakker, Jonathan D.
A1 Battaglia, Michael A.
A1 Bentz, Barbara J.
A1 Breece, Carolyn R .
A1 Brown, James K.
A1 Cluck, Daniel R .
A1 Coleman, Tom W.
A1 Corace III, R. Gregory
A1 Covington, Willliam W.
A1 Cram, Douglas S.
A1 Cronan, James B.
A1 Crouse, Joseph E.
A1 Das, Adrian J.
A1 Davis, Ryan S.
A1 Dickinson, Darci M.
A1 Fitzgerald, Stephen A.
A1 Fulé, Peter Z.
A1 Ganio, Lisa M.
A1 Grayson, Lindsay M.
A1 Halpern, Charles B.
A1 Hanula, Jim L.
A1 Harvey, Brian J.
A1 Hiers, J. Kevin
A1 Kolden, Crystal A.
A1 Kopper, Karen E.
A1 Kreitler, Jason R .
A1 Kreye, Jesse K.
A1 Latimer, Andrew M.
A1 Lerch, Andrew P.
A1 Lombardero Díaz, María Josefa
K1 Ecological modelling
K1 Fire ecology
K1 Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM)
AB Wildland fires have a multitude of ecological effects in forests, woodlands, and savannas across the globe. A major focus of past research has been on tree mortality from fire, as trees provide a vast range of biological services. We assembled a database of individual-tree records from prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States. The Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database includes records from 164,293 individual trees with records of fire injury (crown scorch, bole char, etc.), tree diameter, and either mortality or top-kill up to ten years post-fire. Data span 142 species and 62 genera, from 409 fires occurring from 1981-2016. Additional variables such as insect attack are included when available. The FTM database can be used to evaluate individual fire-caused mortality models for pre-fire planning and post-fire decision support, to develop improved models, and to explore general patterns of individual fire-induced tree death. The database can also be used to identify knowledge gaps that could be addressed in future research
PB Springer Nature
SN 2052-4463
YR 2020
FD 2020-06-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44527
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44527
LA eng
NO Cansler, C.A., Hood, S.M., Varner, J.M. et al. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire. Sci Data 7, 194 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0522-7
NO Joint Fire Science Program under project JFSP 16-1-04-8
DS Minerva
RD 4 may 2026