Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Federal Forest Inventory and Analysis Data for the Northeast: Damage and Decay

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    A summary of the latest USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis data for the Northeast. The network of randomly distributed inventory plots are designed to capture broad temporal changes in the condition of the nation’s forest resource. Spatial coverages of species distribution, extent of forest cover and biomass compliment the yearly data summaries to capture an unbiased estimated of the northeastern forests.

People

  • Matthias Nevins: Content Provider

Keywords

  • fia, northeastern forests, tree damage, tree decay,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service : lead

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Damage and Decay
    • Start Date: 2013-01-01
    • Description: Damage and Decay dataset for the forest indicators dashboard.

    • Purpose: Trees can become damaged for a variety of reasons such as lightning strikes, neighboring treefall, logging damage, poor growing conditions, insects, or genetics. Physical damage to trees can reduce their life span by allowing diseases and fungi to infiltrate the wood, leading to rot and decay. While damaged and decaying trees have a vital role in the forest ecosystem through providing habitat and food for a variety of organisms from fungi to insects, an increase in the proportion of our trees that are classified as damaged or decaying can impact the value of our forests and suggest that trees are being negatively impacted by stressors.

    • Condensed Title: Z1384_3399_2OJ3CU

    • Object Name: VMC.1384.3399

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Federal Forest Inventory and Analysis Data for the Northeast: Damage and Decay, 2013-01-01

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/federal-forest-inventory-analysis-data-northeast/dataset/damage-decay

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: LiveTrees
      • Label: LiveTrees
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: LiveTrees_Damaged
      • Label: LiveTrees_Damaged
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Region
      • Label: Region
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: TreeDamage_Percent
      • Label: TreeDamage_Percent
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset