Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Federal Forest Inventory and Analysis Data for the Northeast: Tree Mortality

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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 mortality,

Organizations

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

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    Data Table

    • Title: Tree Mortality
    • Start Date: 2007-01-01
    • Description: Annual mortality is calculated as the volume (cubic ft) of average annual mortality of sound bole over the sound bole volume of live tree on forested land for New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. This data was extracted from the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) EVALIDator.

    • Purpose: Trees die for a variety of reasons, from windstorms and lightning strikes, to fungal or insect infestations. The trunks may persist for decades as standing dead trees providing habitat for birds and animals, or as logs slowly rotting on the forest floor and gradually returning nutrients to living plants. However, changes to the baseline tree mortality rate may signify that environmental conditions are changing and hastening the death of trees.

    • Condensed Title: Z1384_3382_1P2K7O

    • Object Name: VMC.1384.3382

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (2021) Tree Mortality. Linked.

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/federal-forest-inventory-analysis-data-northeast/dataset/standing-dead-tree-volume

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: AnnualMortality_Ratio
      • Label: AnnualMortality_Ratio
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: AnnualMortality_Volume
      • Label: AnnualMortality_Volume
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Commodity
      • Label: Commodity
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Dead
      • Label: Dead
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Geo_Level
      • Label: Geo_Level
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Live
      • Label: Live
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Living
      • Label: Living
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Percent_Dead_Standing_Volume
      • Label: Percent_Dead_Standing_Volume
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: PriceReceivedDollarsPerGallon
      • Label: PriceReceivedDollarsPerGallon
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: ProductionInDollars
      • Label: ProductionInDollars
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: ProductionInGallons
      • Label: ProductionInGallons
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Program
      • Label: Program
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Proportion_Dead_Standing
      • Label: Proportion_Dead_Standing
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Region
      • Label: Region
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: SoundBoleLive_Volume
      • Label: SoundBoleLive_Volume
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: StandingDeadPercent
      • Label: StandingDeadPercent
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: StandingDeadRatio
      • Label: StandingDeadRatio
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: State_ANSI
      • Label: State_ANSI
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Total
      • Label: Total
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: YYYY

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