Table 2 Plot descriptors in the database POSTDIV.
Column name | Descriptor |
|---|---|
Plot | Unique identifier per plot (24 unique strings, Table 3) |
Site | Andilla or Cortes (Table 1): the municipality where fires started |
Municipality | Municipality of the plot (fires affected multiple municipalities) |
Latitude | Geographical coordinates (decimal degrees, WGS84) |
Longitude | Geographical coordinates (decimal degrees, WGS84) |
Altitude | Elevation above sea level (m) |
Dist2border | Distance to the perimeter of the fire (straight line, km) |
Zone3 | Plot assignment to three zones (categorical: Unburned, Edge, Center)16 |
Zone4 | Plot assignment to four zones (categorical: Unburned, Edge, Middle, Center)11 |
Fire.rec | Fire recurrence (number of fires from 1978 to 2011) |
Bare | Proportion of bare soil in spring 2013 (%) |
Stones | Proportion of stones in spring 2013 (%) |
Herbs | Herb cover in spring 2013 (%) |
Woody | Wood cover in spring 2013 (%) |
Hherbs | Herb height in spring 2013 (cm) |
Hwoody | Wood height in spring 2013 (cm) |
