{"xmlId":"78578","NOAAStudyId":"37441","studyName":"Sherriff fire data from Cabin Creek, Colorado Front Range - IMPD USRS-006","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25921/gj4y-2p12","uuid":"f8363d4f-8cc5-4234-8a6a-e09baab8eb9d","dataPublisher":"NOAA","contactInfo":{"type":"CONTACT INFORMATION","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","address":"325 Broadway, E/NE31","city":"Boulder","state":"CO","postalCode":"80305-3328","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","phone":"828-271-4800","fax":null,"constraints":"Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. 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":"Sherriff, R.L.; Veblen, T.T.","investigatorDetails":[{"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: Crossdated\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/usrs-006.fhx\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usrs-006-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/usrs-006.dat\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/usrs-006-estab-noaa.txt","onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/37441","difMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-fire-37441.xml","isoMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/iso/xml/noaa-fire-37441.xml","originalSource":null,"dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/fire-history","studyCode":"USRS-006","scienceKeywords":["Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. 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At 18 sites above 1950 m, 34 to 80% of the live trees date from establishment associated with the last moderate- to high severity fire. In these 18 sites, only 2 to 52% of the living trees pre-date these fires suggesting that fire severities prior to any effects of fire suppression were sufficient to kill many trees. Conclusions: These findings for the P. ponderosa zone above ca. 2200 m (i.e. most of the zone) contradict the widespread perception that fire exclusion, at least at the stand scale of tens to hundreds of hectares, has resulted in unnaturally high stand densities or in an atypical abundance of shade-tolerant species. 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