Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak
This article contains measurements of raw radial growth, distance to pith, and calculated basal area increments (BAI) from 444 5-mm increment cores (237 trees) collected in July 2016 from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT. These data were used for the study presented in “Mountain pine bee...
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doaj-53e64ee727c240fc88f23c313e1070222020-11-24T21:50:06ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092018-10-0120558561Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreakL. Annie Cooper0Charlotte C. Reed1Ashley P. Ballantyne2Corresponding author.; University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United StatesUniversity of Montana, Missoula, MT, United StatesUniversity of Montana, Missoula, MT, United StatesThis article contains measurements of raw radial growth, distance to pith, and calculated basal area increments (BAI) from 444 5-mm increment cores (237 trees) collected in July 2016 from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT. These data were used for the study presented in “Mountain pine beetle attack faster growing lodgepole pine at low elevations in western Montana, USA” [1]. Plot locations where increment cores were taken as well as code to calculate BAI are also included. Cores were collected from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) trees that were killed during a recent bark beetle outbreak (220 cores; 117 trees) as well as trees that survived the outbreak (210 cores; 113 trees) in twelve stands spanning north and south aspects and three elevational bands along a 600-m gradient. 14 additional cores were collected from 7 strip-attacked trees. Increment cores were prepared and measured using standard dendrochronological techniques, “An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating” [2]. Master chronologies for each aspect-elevation combination were created using approximately ten cores from surviving trees at each location. Cores were cross-dated, then scanned at 2400 dpi. Annual ring widths were measured using CooRecorder 7.7, “Cybis Electronic, CDendro and CooRecorder V.7.7” [3], and final chronologies were quantitatively validated in COFECHA, “Computer-assisted quality control in tree-ring dating and measurement, Tree-Ring Society” [4].http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918308692 |
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Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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Data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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data on beetle-killed and surviving lodgepole pine (pinus contorta) radial growth from the beaverhead-deerlodge national forest, mt prior to a severe mountain pine beetle outbreak |
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This article contains measurements of raw radial growth, distance to pith, and calculated basal area increments (BAI) from 444 5-mm increment cores (237 trees) collected in July 2016 from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, MT. These data were used for the study presented in “Mountain pine beetle attack faster growing lodgepole pine at low elevations in western Montana, USA” [1]. Plot locations where increment cores were taken as well as code to calculate BAI are also included. Cores were collected from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) trees that were killed during a recent bark beetle outbreak (220 cores; 117 trees) as well as trees that survived the outbreak (210 cores; 113 trees) in twelve stands spanning north and south aspects and three elevational bands along a 600-m gradient. 14 additional cores were collected from 7 strip-attacked trees. Increment cores were prepared and measured using standard dendrochronological techniques, “An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating” [2]. Master chronologies for each aspect-elevation combination were created using approximately ten cores from surviving trees at each location. Cores were cross-dated, then scanned at 2400 dpi. Annual ring widths were measured using CooRecorder 7.7, “Cybis Electronic, CDendro and CooRecorder V.7.7” [3], and final chronologies were quantitatively validated in COFECHA, “Computer-assisted quality control in tree-ring dating and measurement, Tree-Ring Society” [4]. |
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