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Data from: The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States

The quantity and condition of downed dead wood (DDW) is emerging as a major factor governing forest ecosystem processes such as carbon cycling, fire behavior, and tree regeneration. Despite this, systematic inventories of DDW are sparse if not absent across major forest biomes. The Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the United States (US) Forest Service has conducted an annual DDW inventory on all coterminous US forest land since 2002 (~1 plot per 38,850 ha), with a sample intensification occurring since 2012 (~1 plot per 19,425 ha). The data are organized according to DDW components and by sampling information which can all be linked to a multitude of auxiliary information in the national database. As the sampling of DDW is conducted using field efficient line-intersect approaches, several assumptions are adopted during population estimation that serve to identify critical knowledge gaps. The plot- and population-level DDW datasets and estimates provide the first insights into an understudied but critical ecosystem component of temperate forests of North America with global application.

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FieldValue
Tags
downed dead wood
DDW
Modified
2021-10-26
Release Date
2019-01-29
Frequency
Annually
Identifier
bc0c1adc-1572-4065-ad74-de5698115f36
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
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Publisher
Scientific Data
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Contiguous United States
Temporal Coverage
January 1, 2002
License
U.S. Public Domain
Contact Name
Woodall, Christopher W.
Contact Email
cwoodall@fs.fed.us
Public Access Level
Public
Bureau Code
005:96 - Forest Service
Extended Metadata: 
FieldValue
Authors
Woodall, Christopher W. (ORCID)
Monleon, Vicente J. (Scopus Author ID)
Fraver, Shawn (Scopus Author ID)
Russell, Matthew B. (ORCID)
Hatfield, Mark H. (Scopus Author ID)
Campbell, John L. (ORCID)
Domke, Grant M. (ORCID)
Peer Reviewed
No
Intended Use
The plot- and population-level DDW datasets and estimates provide the first insights into an understudied but critical ecosystem component of temperate forests of North America with global application.
Primary Article

Woodall, C. W., Monleon, V. J., Fraver, S., Russell, M. B., Hatfield, M. H., Campbell, J. L., & Domke, G. M. (2019). The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States. Scientific Data, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.303
Method Citation

Woodall, C. W., Monleon, V. J., Fraver, S., Russell, M. B., Hatfield, M. H., Campbell, J. L., & Domke, G. M. (2019). The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States. Scientific Data, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.303
Product Type
Dataset
FieldValue
ISO Topic(s)
environment
planningCadastre
State or Territory
United States Of America
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term
dead wood
forest ecosystems
carbon cycle
fire behavior
trees
ecosystems
forest inventory
United States
databases
data collection
temperate forests
detritus
application programming interface
Ag Data Commons Keywords
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Management
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Maps & Multimedia
  • Maps & Multimedia
  • Maps
  • Maps & Multimedia

Suggested Citations:

(original article) Woodall, C. W., Monleon, V. J., Fraver, S., Russell, M. B., Hatfield, M. H., Campbell, J. L., & Domke, G. M. (2019). The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States. Scientific Data, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.303

(dataset) Woodall, Christopher W.; Monleon, Vicente J.; Fraver, Shawn; Russell, Matthew B.; Hatfield, Mark H.; Campbell, John L.; Domke, Grant M. (2019). Data from: The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States. Scientific Data. https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/data-downed-and-dead-wood-inventory-forests-united-states. Accessed 2023-11-28.