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Fire regimes of the conterminous United States

Metadata Updated: November 6, 2022

Fire regime information on 256 vegetation communities in the conterminous United States. This information is taken from the US Forest Service's LANDFIRE Rapid Assessment Vegetation Models, which were developed by local experts using available literature, local data, and/or expert opinion. This table summarizes fire regime characteristics for each plant community listed.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Jager, H.I., J.W. Long, R. Malison, B.P. Murphy, A. Rust, L.G.M. Silva, R. Sollmann, Z.L. Steel, M.D. Bowen, J. Dunham, J. Ebersole, and R. Flitcroft. Resilience of Terrestrial and Aquatic Fauna to Historical and Future Wildfire Regimes in Western North American Forests. Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 11(18): 12259-12284, (2021).

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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References

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8026
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462151

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 7, 2021
Metadata Updated Date November 6, 2022

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA ScienceHub

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 7, 2021
Metadata Updated Date November 6, 2022
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
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Data Last Modified 2012-02-01
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License https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
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Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8026, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462151
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