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The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site."},"dataType":"FIRE HISTORY","investigators":"Schoennagel, T.L.; Sherriff, R.L.; Veblen, T.T.","investigatorDetails":[{"firstName":"Tania","lastName":"Schoennagel","initials":"T.L.","orcId":null},{"firstName":"Rosemary","lastName":"Sherriff","initials":"R.L.","orcId":null},{"firstName":"Thomas","lastName":"Veblen","initials":"T.T.","orcId":"0000-0002-3037-640X"}],"version":"1.0","funding":[],"studyNotes":"This dataset was contributed as part of the Fire data from the Colorado Front Range 2014 research project (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/17194). Data were contributed to the project from the original data generators.\r\n\r\nSample Storage Location: \r\nDating Method: Counted\r\nRelated ITRDB_Chronology: Not Applicable\r\n\r\nFire scar data from this site are available in FHX2 format at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/us-ts029.fhx\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/us-ts029-rwl-noaa.txt\r\n\r\nEstablishment date data from this site are available in CSV format at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/us-ts029.dat\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/us-ts029-estab-noaa.txt","onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/37320","difMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-fire-37320.xml","isoMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/iso/xml/noaa-fire-37320.xml","originalSource":null,"dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/fire-history","studyCode":"US-TS029","scienceKeywords":["PPTR","western yellow pine","Populus tremuloides Michx.","PICO","ponderosa pine","Douglas-fir","Rocky Mountain juniper","lodgepole pine","quaking aspen","limber pine","Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.","PIPO","Pinus flexilis E. 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We conducted dendroecological reconstructions of fire history and stand structure at 40 sites in the upper montane zone of the Colorado Front Range (24002800 m), sampled in proportion to the distribution of forest types in that zone (50% dominated by ponderosa pine, 28% by lodgepole pine, 12% by aspen, 10% by Douglas-fir). We characterized past fire severity based on remnant criteria at each site in order to assess the effect of fire history on tree establishment patterns, and we also evaluated the influence of fire suppression and climate. We found that 62% of the sites experienced predominantly moderate-severity fire, 38% burned at high severity, and no sites burned exclusively at low severity. The proportion of total tree and sapling establishment was significantly different among equal time periods based on a chi-square test, with highest tree and sapling establishment during the pre-fire-suppression period (18351919). Superposed epoch analysis revealed that fires burned during years of extreme drought (95% CI). The major pulse of tree establishment in the upper montane zone occurred during a multidecadal period of extreme drought conditions in the Colorado Front Range (18501889), during which 53% of the fires from the 17501989 period burned. 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