{"id":6749,"date":"2025-12-15T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6749"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:29:12","slug":"assessing-fuel-structure-in-old-growth-eastern-hemlock-dominated-stands-of-nova-scotia-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2025\/12\/15\/assessing-fuel-structure-in-old-growth-eastern-hemlock-dominated-stands-of-nova-scotia-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-15_Chavardes-R.D.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6751 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-15_Chavardes-R.D-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-15_Chavardes-R.D-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-15_Chavardes-R.D-640x435.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-15_Chavardes-R.D.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Key message\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (<i>Tsuga canadensis<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Carri\u00e8re) 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nEastern hemlock; Fire behaviour; Fuel structure; Insects; Old-growth forests<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-025-01295-6'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nChavard\u00e8s, R.D., Edge, C., Heartz, S.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a082, 46 (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01295-6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01295-6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe dataset is available from the Government of Canada Open Government Portal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/\">https:\/\/doi.org\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23687\/80383951-4b60-412c-9180-4d536b3703a8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23687\/80383951-4b60-412c-9180-4d536b3703a8<\/a>\u00a0(Chavard\u00e8s et al.\u00a0<a id=\"ref-link-section-d622020628e2362\" title=\"Chavard\u00e8s RD, Edge C, Heartz S, Knockwood M, Young S, MacKinnon J, Smith MJ, Boucher J, Cotton-Gagnon A, Woudstra EK, Jarrar H, Bush P, Akmens KE, Binney LEC, Bawtenheimer-Goncz B, Lewis AD, Foster RJ (2024) Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada. V1. Government of Canada Open Government Portal. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23687\/80383951-4b60-412c-9180-4d536b3703a8 \" href=\"https:\/\/link-springer-com.inrae.idm.oclc.org\/article\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01295-6#ref-CR8\" data-track=\"click\" data-track-action=\"reference anchor\" data-track-label=\"link\" data-test=\"citation-ref\" aria-label=\"Reference 2024\">2024<\/a>). Metadata including variable names and their descriptions can be found in the Data Dictionary linked with the dataset\u00a0at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr\/geonetwork\/srv\/fre\/catalog.search#\/metadata\/04d56c39-a3a7-4617-a09c-6950fba08259\">https:\/\/metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr\/geonetwork\/srv\/fre\/catalog.search#\/metadata\/04d56c39-a3a7-4617-a09c-6950fba08259<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIr\u00e8ne Gabriel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key message\u00a0 The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis\u00a0(L.) Carri\u00e8re) 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. 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