School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program, 5775 US Highway 10 W, Missoula, MT, 59808, USA.
Sci Data. 2020 Jun 22;7(1):194. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0522-7.
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.
野火在全球范围内的森林、林地和热带草原中产生了多种生态影响。过去的研究主要集中在火灾导致的树木死亡上，因为树木提供了广泛的生物服务。我们在美国收集了一份来自计划烧除和野火的单株树木记录数据库。该“火灾和树木死亡（FTM）”数据库包含了 164293 株受火灾伤害（树冠灼伤、树干烧焦等）、树木直径以及火灾后 10 年内死亡或顶部死亡记录的个体树木的记录。数据涵盖了 142 个物种和 62 个属，来自 1981 年至 2016 年发生的 409 场火灾。当有昆虫袭击等其他变量时，也会包含这些变量。FTM 数据库可用于评估火灾前规划和火灾后决策支持的个体火灾死亡率模型，以开发改进的模型，并探索个体火灾导致树木死亡的一般模式。该数据库还可用于确定未来研究中可能需要解决的知识空白。
