Plant-Pollinator Communities in the Eldorado National Forest After the 2014 King Fire

2016 and 2017 data on pollinator and floral resource abundance collected from 151 upland and 30 meadow plots in the Eldorado National Forest, California. The dataset was created by Gina L. Tarbill to study the effects of different burn severity classes on pollinator communities. It includes counts of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and flowering plants, as well as plot characteristics and geospatial information.

Use Cases

• Modeling pollinator abundance based on burn severity and habitat type as described in the study.
• Analyzing the relationship between floral resource availability and pollinator diversity across different fire-impacted landscapes.
• Comparing community responses in upland forest versus meadow habitats following a high-severity wildfire event.

Strengths

• Data covers 181 unique plots across 42 sites, providing a multi-year (2016-2017) perspective.
• Explicitly defines three burn severity classes and two habitat classes, enabling structured comparative analysis.
• Includes multiple data types: pollinator counts, plant cover percentages, inflorescence counts, and geospatial maps.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 0.0 B size listed suggests metadata may be incomplete; actual data files require verification.

Provenance

Source

Gina L. Tarbill via figshare.

Collection Method

Field surveys conducted in 20-meter-radius circular plots, visited 2-3 times per year between June and September.

Time Range

2016-2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 05:45:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eldorado National Forest, California, USA, specifically areas affected by the 2014 King Fire.