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Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016)

June 19, 2018

The point data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Point Data.csv") includes 2016 vegetative cover values of exotic annual grass and perennial grass measured within three different types of plots for 75 pastures in the Soda Fire, which burned in 2015: 6m2 plot using a grid-point intercept photo software, SamplePoint (Booth et al. 2006), 1m2 quadrat using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field, 531m2 circular plot using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field. Smaller plots were nested within larger plots. The pasture data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Pasture Data.csv") includes pasture level metrics of area, elevation, precipitation, slope, heatload, soils, and herbicide treatments within the 75 pastures. Booth, D.T., Cox, S.E., and Berryman, R.D., 2006, Point sampling digital imagery with 'SamplePoint', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 123 (1-3): 97-108, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9164-7.

Publication Year 2018
Title Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016)
DOI 10.5066/F75X27WS
Authors Robert Arkle, Cara V Applestein, David Pilliod, Matthew R Fisk, Matthew Germino
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Headquarters