Title: Biodiversity and Forest structure one year following the 2016 Fort McMurray (Alberta) fire event
Citation: Pinzon, Jaime; Dabros, Anna; Riva, Federico; Glasier, James (2020). Biodiversity and Forest structure one year following the 2016 Fort McMurray (Alberta) fire event [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6djh9w105
Study Site: Alberta
Purpose: Exploration practices for oil sands developments in the boreal forest of western Canada create a network of thousands of kilometers of linear features, particularly seismic lines that dissect these forests posing significant environmental challenges. As wildfire is one of the prevalent stand-replacing natural disturbances in the Canadian boreal forest, it is an important driver of environmental change and stand development that may contribute to the mitigation of such linear industrial footprint. Here, we evaluate the short-term cumulative (also known as combined) effects of seismic lines and wildfire on biodiversity and site conditions.
Abstract: Data are provided as eight tables in separate spreadsheets. The first data sheet provides a list of spider, carabid beetle, ant, vascular and non-vascular plant species with their corresponding species ID (used in the species matrices). There are six data sheets that contain the species abundance/percent cover fo the sampled taxa. The first three sheets contain standardized abundances (number of individuals per 120 trap days) of ground-dwelling spiders, carabid beetles and ants collected at each site. The following three sheets contain the percent cover of understory, canopy and non-vascular plants at each site. These data are presented as matrices with rows representing habitats (burned and unburned seismic lines, forest edges and forest interior) at each site and columns representing species (species ID). The last data sheet contains information about site conditions and other environmental variables at each site.
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Further Info: Pinzon, Jaime; Dabros, Anna; Riva, Federico; Glasier, James R. N. (2021), Shortâterm effects of wildfire in boreal peatlands: Does fire mitigate the linear footprint of oil and gas exploration?, Ecological Applications, Journal-article, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2281
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
wildlife,
biodiversity,
wildfire,
seismic lines,
Geographical coordinates: North: 56.53, South: 56.53 East: -111.30 West: -111.30
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2017-01-01, End
Date: 2017-12-31
