Litter, water depth and graminoid height data for C3 and Marsh Creek experimental blocks, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan, 2006-2010
Dates
Publication Date
2018-06-12
Start Date
2006
End Date
2010
Citation
Austin, J.E., 2018, Effects of fire on vegetation in fens at Seney National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90P8VWJ.
Summary
In association with plant cover data, data on litter depth, water depth, and graminoid height were collected on 16, 1-ha experimental blocks in C3 and Marsh Creek units of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, 2006-2010. Within each unit, we selected 4 pairs of blocks representing sedge-shrub habitat, with one of the pair assigned to spring burning (C3, May 2008) or summer burning (Marsh Creek, 2007 and 2008). This before-after-control-impact design provided for data collection two growing seasons before the burn (2006, 16 blocks; 2007, 15 blocks) and two-three growing seasons (2008, 2009, and 2010; 14 blocks) after burning; the unburned plot of each pair served as the control, and the burned plot of each pair the treatment. Within each [...]
Summary
In association with plant cover data, data on litter depth, water depth, and graminoid height were collected on 16, 1-ha experimental blocks in C3 and Marsh Creek units of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, 2006-2010. Within each unit, we selected 4 pairs of blocks representing sedge-shrub habitat, with one of the pair assigned to spring burning (C3, May 2008) or summer burning (Marsh Creek, 2007 and 2008). This before-after-control-impact design provided for data collection two growing seasons before the burn (2006, 16 blocks; 2007, 15 blocks) and two-three growing seasons (2008, 2009, and 2010; 14 blocks) after burning; the unburned plot of each pair served as the control, and the burned plot of each pair the treatment. Within each block, 25 points were established equidistant (25 m) from one another, 5 each along 5 transects. Data were collected at along a 2-m ruler set out at each points. The ruler was marked into 40 5-cm segments; these data were recorded only at the each fifth segment (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40) as a single measure (not averaging accross the 5 segments). This table provides unsummarized data. Associated plant cover data are in Seney_ExpFireStudy_Plant_Taxa_Cover_data.csv.
Austin, J.E., and Newton, W.E., 2019, Response of vegetation in open and partially wooded fens to prescribed burning at Seney National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5168, 62 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185168.
These data were used to examine the changes in the environmental conditions in association with the plant community, by year and effects of spring or summer burning, in the sedge-shrub habitats at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
