Fire History for all kipukas_fhx

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Daniel B. Lewis

Publication_Date: 1991, 2001

Title: Fire History for all kipukas_fhx

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps data

Other_Citation_Details: file name: kipukas.fhx

Online_Linkage:

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/data.html

Online_Linkage:

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/kipukas.fhx

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Daniel B. Lewis

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Knoxville, TN

Publisher: The University of Tennessee

Other_Citation_Details:

This dataset is part of the project with FRAMES resource id {E4211B5D-4B1D-4EEA-8262-BD97E5FE8E95} and part of the thesis cited below:

Daniel B. Lewis, 2003. Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA. M.S. thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 145 pp. -- {8797FC16-90F4-4BFB-AC2B-2D49317316D6}

Online_Linkage:

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/thesis.html

Description:

Abstract:

Fire History data of all 5 Kipukas, as part of the thesis -- Daniel B. Lewis, 2003. Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA. M.S. thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 145 pp.

Currently, ecosystem processes that maintain the forests of the American Southwest are operating outside the historical range of variation that existed prior to Euro-American settlement. Areas that have been minimally disturbed by humans should be targeted for research because they contain valuable information about past ecological processes. In El Malpais National Monument, islands of older substrate material are surrounded by younger lava flows. These areas, known as kipukas, likely preserve presettlement forest structure and contain trees old enough to provide information on past ecological processes.

Purpose:

The purpose of this study is to reconstruct fire history on minimally disturbed kipukas in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Eight sites were sampled and 105 fire-scarred samples were collected. Increment cores were taken from living ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex. Laws) trees on two kipukas to examine the age structure of the kipuka forests and to determine whether fire suppression away from the kipukas may be allowing ponderosa pines to encroach onto areas not in their local distribution in the monument.

Supplemental_Information:

Numerous kipukas of varying size, shape, and substrate are found in El Malpais National Monument. All of the kipukas sampled for this project are in relatively close proximity to one another. The substrate of most of the kipukas is sedimentary rock (sandstone or limestone) (Maxwell 1986). Two of the kipukas sampled for this study, La Sorpresa and North Kipuka, are lava kipukas. The Hoya de Cibola Lava Flow surrounds all of the kipukas sampled except North Kipuka, which is located within the Bandera Flow. Most of the kipukas exhibit few signs of direct human disturbance (i.e. logging or livestock grazing).

taken from section 3.4 of Daniel B. Lewis, 2003. Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA. M.S. thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 145 pp.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates_Times:

Single_Date_Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Single_Date_Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: as indicated by dataset

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -108.14

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.80

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.02

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.68

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FRAMES Resource ID

Theme_Keyword: {077FCBA0-2F80-49F8-B3EB-421C0BF26729}

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GACC Regions

Theme_Keyword: Southwest

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FRAMES Subject Categories

Theme_Keyword: fire history

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: ponderosa pine

Theme_Keyword: kipuka

Theme_Keyword: pinon-juniper

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

Please provide the appropriate citation/credit to the originator(s) or individual/organization(s) that should receive recognition for their contribution to the data set.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Henri D. Grissino-Mayer

Contact_Organization: Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical address

Address: Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee

City: Knoxville

State_or_Province: Tennessee

Postal_Code: 37996

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 865.974.6029

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 865.974.6025

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: grissino at utk.edu

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Originator: Herschel Schulz, El Malpais National Monument, Grants, NM

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Assessing Anthropogenic Changes in Fire Regimes Using Relict Areas in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico -- JFSP 01-3-3-29 {E4211B5D-4B1D-4EEA-8262-BD97E5FE8E95}

Other_Citation_Details:

This dataset is part of the project with FRAMES resource id {E4211B5D-4B1D-4EEA-8262-BD97E5FE8E95}.

Online_Linkage:

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/proposal.html

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Daniel B. Lewis

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA -- {8797FC16-90F4-4BFB-AC2B-2D49317316D6}

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps or data

Other_Citation_Details:

This dataset is part of the thesis cited below:

Daniel B. Lewis, 2003. Fire regimes of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA. M.S. thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 145 pp. -- {8797FC16-90F4-4BFB-AC2B-2D49317316D6}

Online_Linkage:

http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/thesis.html

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: none

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown

Completeness_Report: unknown

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: UNKNOWN

Process_Date: UNKNOWN

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

More abut FHX2 format (standard format for fire history data) can be found at the International Multiproxy Paleofire Database (IMPD) as described under Tree-Ring Fire Event Data Description available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/impd/tree_event_info.html.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: UNKNOWN

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Henri D. Grissino-Mayer

Contact_Organization: Dept. of Geography, The University of Tennessee

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical address

Address: Dept. of Geography, The University of Tennessee

City: Knoxville

State_or_Province: Tennessee

Postal_Code: 37996

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 865.974.6029

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 865.974.6025

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: grissino@utk.edu

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: UNKNOWN

Custom_Order_Process:

Data in FHX2 format is available for viewing at http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/jfsp013329/data.html

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20061002

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Christopher C. Szell

Contact_Organization:

National Biological Inventory Infrastructure (NBII) Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES) The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 6114 Fayetteville Rd.

Address: suite 109

City: Durham

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27713

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919.484.7857

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cszell@tnc.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time