Plant-pollinator communities of upland forest and meadow habitats in the King Fire and surrounding unburned areas of the Eldorado National Forest in 2016 and 2017
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Project Citation:
US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. Plant-pollinator communities of upland forest and meadow habitats in the King Fire and surrounding unburned areas of the Eldorado National Forest in 2016 and 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-05-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/E248699V1
Project Description
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Plant-pollinator communities of upland forest and meadow habitats in the King Fire and surrounding unburned areas of the Eldorado National Forest in 2016 and 2017
Summary:
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This data publication contains pollinator and habitat data collected two and three years after the 2014 King Fire in the Eldorado National Forest in California. Sampled sites were located in roughly homogenous areas (approximately 200 square meters) and included three different burn severity classes: 1) unchanged (unburned), 2) low-moderate combined (where low = surface fire with little mortality of dominant vegetation and moderate = mix of surface fire with little mortality and more severe fire with some mortality of the dominant vegetation), and 3) high-severity fire (dominant vegetation has high to complete mortality). Two different habitat classes were observed: 1) upland and 2) meadow. A hierarchical sampling design was used, and 3–5 20-meter-radius circular plots were nested within sites of each particular burn-habitat class. This resulted in a total of 151 unique upland plots on 36 sites and 30 meadow plots within 6 sites in 2016 and 2017. Plots were visited two to three times between June and September of each year and surveyed for pollinators (bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds) and flowering plants with open inflorescences. In the 2017 survey, we shifted our focus to record all pollinators in timed surveys as they visited flowers within the plots. The resulting data include cover (%) and infloresence counts for plants in bloom, plot characteristics, counts of hummingbirds, bumble bees, butterflies (2016 only), and other insects (2017 only) that were visiting flowers in sample plots. A map of the area and example photos of different burn severities are also included.
Original Distribution URL:
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2026-0028
Scope of Project
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biota;
Ecosystems;
Environment;
Plant ecology;
Animal ecology;
Fire;
Fire ecology;
Forest & Plant Health;
Insects;
Wildlife (or Fauna);
Invertebrates;
Birds;
Habitat management;
pollinators;
post-fire;
hummingbirds;
butterflies;
bees;
California;
Eldorado National Forest
Geographic Coverage:
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California
Time Period(s):
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6/1/2016 – 7/1/2017
Data Type(s):
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observational data
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2026-0028
Authors: Tarbill, Gina L. ; White, Angela M. ; Sollmann, Rahel
Publication year: 2026 (Downloaded 2026-05-26)
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