David A. Pyke
Troy A. Wirth
2017
Compilation of Studies Assessing Post Wildfire Seeding of Rangelands Worldwide, 1965-2010
tabular digital data
Reston, Va
U.S. Geological Survey
http://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F9B
David A. Pyke
Troy A. Wirth
Jan L. Beyers
20130411
Does Seeding After Wildfires in Rangelands Reduce Erosion or Invasive Species?
journal article
Restoration Ecology
Wiley
http://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12021
Mitigation of ecological damage caused by rangeland wildfires has historically been an issue restricted to the western United States. It has focused on conservation of ecosystem function through reducing soil erosion and spread of invasive plants. Effectiveness of mitigation treatments has been debated recently. We searched for literature on postfire seeding of rangelands worldwide. Literature databases searched included SCOPUS, Dissertation Abstracts, Forest Science, Tree search, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and science.gov. Search terms within publications included fire or wildfire in combination with seeding, rehabilitation, restoration, revegetation, stabilization, chaining, disking, drilling, invasives, weeds, cheatgrass, medusahead, sagebrush, rangeland, or grassland. The initial pool of potentially relevant articles numbered 1,519. Abstracts of all papers were reviewed. This pool included many papers not directly relevant to our review, including different ecosystems and different issues associated with wildfire (e.g. air pollution or property damage). On the basis of titles and abstracts, 126 potentially relevant papers were reviewed by at least two investigators. Upon further evaluation, some papers either did not pertain to our focal ecosystems or did not address aspects of soil erosion or invasive species. Effectiveness of postfire seedings was examined in 8 erosion and 19 invasive species cases. This data set provides these citations and the evaluations of the two observers.
We reviewed literature from 1965-2010 to conduct a meta-analysis of seeding after wildfires to determine if seedings may (1) protect ecosystems against soil erosion and (2) reduce invasion or abundance of undesirable nonnative plant species.
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2010
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seeding
rehabilitation
restoration
revegetation
stabilization
chaining
disking
drilling
invasives
weeds
cheatgrass
medusahead
sagebrush
rangeland
fire
wildfire
grassland
meta-analysis
literature review
soil erosion
non-native
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:5851986de4b0f99207c4f192
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worldwide
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FRESC Metadata Coordinator
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)
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777 NW 9th Street, Suite 400
Corvallis
Oregon
97330
USA
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USDOI Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted
No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted
No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted
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2017
Fixed truncated text fields, minor edits to metadata.
20200212
Rangeland_Synthesis_Literature
Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet
Dataset developer
Literature Key
Unique record identifier
Dataset developer
Unbounded list of unique identifiers
Reviewer1
Name of first reviewer
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Unbounded list of text
Author citation
Names of publication authors
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Unbounded list of text
Source
Name(s) of publication source(s)
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Unbounded list of text
Title of Publication
Titles of publications
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Unbounded list of text
Publication Date
Year of publication
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1965
2010
year
Study Type
Study category assigned to each publication
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Basic Ecology
The study of the relationship of biological organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
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Post-Fire Seeding
The act of sowing or spreading seeds of plants after a wildfire so they will germinate and survive
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Post-Fire Effects
The responses of plants and soils after a wildfire
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Seeding without fire
The act of sowing or spreading seeds of plants without the occurrence of a wildfire so they will germinate and survive
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Location of Study
Location where each study took place
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Unbounded list of text
Location Details
Details regarding the location of each study; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Length of study
Span of years over which study was conducted; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of years and year ranges
Study_Quality
Study category assigned to each publication; blank cells represent no data reported
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Replicated and randomized Experiment
A study conducted where the experimental treatments are repeated either in space or time
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Review Paper (peer reviewed)
A research paper that synthesizes and analyzes multiple published research papers and those publications received review and approval by peer scientists familiar with the review paper's topic
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Observational study
A report of observations by one or more individuals without experimental units being placed in experimentalttreatments by the observer
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Multiple locations, single plots
Similar studies done at differing locations, but only having one experimental unit at each location
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Expert Opinion
The judgement of an observer, who through training or experience, is capable of providing a judgement as to the effectiveness of a treatment without qualitative or quantitative data to support the judgement
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High Quality Monitoring Report
A report providing information on effectiveness that is based on replicated treatments and quantitative objectives that were tested to determine effectiveness
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Multiple locations, single plots, regression
Similar studies done at differing locations, but only having one experimental unit at each location and the resulting responses are tested using one or more independent variables to explain a dependent response
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Single location case study
A study that may have repeated treatment and control plots, but is conducted in a single location.
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Experimental Design
Description of the experimental design of each study; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Methods
Description of the methods of each study; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Analysis Details
Brief description of how data were analyzed in each study; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Fire Names)
Names of the fires analyzed in each study; blank cells and cells with values of "NA" or "NP" indicate those data were not provided.
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Unbounded list of text
Fire Area
Acreage of fires analyzed in each study, if available; blank cells and cells with values of "NA" or "NP" indicate those data were not provided
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Unbounded list of text
Date of Fire
Dates of fires analyzed in each study, if available; blank cells represent no data reported
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01-Jul-1972
01-Aug-2007
Date in DD-Mon-YYYY format
Fire severity
Description of the fire severity in each study; blank cells and cells with values of "NP" or "NP-various" indicate those data were not provided
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Unbounded list of text
Avg Precip
The 30-year mean annual precipitation downloaded from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University (http://prism.oregonstate.edu/); blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Precipitation during study
The annual precipitation for each year occurring during the study; blank cells and cells with values of "NP" or "NP-various" indicate those data were not provided
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Unbounded list of text
Pre-Fire Vegetation
Any measurement of the relative dominance and species richness of the vegetation community before the fire; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Elevation
Mean elevation of study site above mean sea level, in meters; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Hypotheses/Objectives
Reviewers' interpretation of study hypotheses and objectives; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Results
Reviewers' interpretation of study results; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Overall Conclusions of the study
Reviewers' interpretation of study conclusions; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Reviewer1 notes
Notes compiled by the first reviewer for each study; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
Syn_Type
Classes of publications relative to our review. Core articles were used in our review analyses; Review articles were publications that synthesized literature; Relevant but not Core were related to the topic but did not pertain to directly to our study topic; Not Relevant did not pertain to our topic. Blank cells represent no data reported
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Core Article
Article was used in review analysis.
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Abstract
Copy of each study's published abstract; blank cells represent no data reported
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Unbounded list of text
U.S. Geological Survey
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.xlsx
none
http://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F9B
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20200819
FRESC Metadata Coordinator
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)
mailing and physical
777 NW 9th Street, Suite 400
Corvallis
Oregon
97330
United States
(541) 750-1030
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
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