Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada

Key message 

The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada. Potential reuses of the data include mapping Fire Behaviour Prediction System fuel types, predicting fire behaviour, projecting stand succession, and comparing fuel structure over time.

Keywords
Eastern hemlock; Fire behaviour; Fuel structure; Insects; Old-growth forests

Publication
Chavardès, R.D., Edge, C., Heartz, S. et al. Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada. Annals of Forest Science 82, 46 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-025-01295-6

Data availability 
The dataset is available from the Government of Canada Open Government Portal https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.23687/80383951-4b60-412c-9180-4d536b3703a8 (Chavardès et al. 2024). Metadata including variable names and their descriptions can be found in the Data Dictionary linked with the dataset at: https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search#/metadata/04d56c39-a3a7-4617-a09c-6950fba08259.

Handling editor 
Irène Gabriel