Table 1 Variables used to assess the main drivers of forest seedling regeneration in the Susa fire (Susa Valley, Italy). Dash (-) indicates the absence of the spatial resolution (i.e., field measurement) or unit (i.e., dimensionless indices)
From: Short-term drivers of post-fire forest regeneration in the Western Alps
Variable code | Description | Spatial resolution | Unit | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elevation | Elevation | 20Â m | m a.s.l | DTM |
HLI | Heat Load Index (McCune and Keon 2002) | 20Â m | - | DTM |
Slope | Slope | 20 m | ° | DTM |
Roughness | Degree of irregularity of the surface | 20Â m | m | DTM |
Fire severity (RdNBR) | Fire severity based on Morresi et al. (2022) | 20Â m | - | Morresi et al. 2022 |
Gramineae | Gramineae cover | - | % | Field |
Forbs | Forbs cover | - | % | Field |
Bare soil | Bare soil cover | - | % | Field |
Shrubs | Shrubs cover | - | % | Field |
CWD | Coarse woody debris cover | - | % | Field |
Rock | Rock Cover | - | % | Field |
Distance to seed trees | Distance from the nearest seed tree | 20Â m | m | RapidEye |
Seedlings density | Density of seed-origin individuals | - | Seedlings number ha−1 | Field |