Thiessen polygon fire rotation estimation (Aves)

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Method synopsis

Creates spatial influence zones around fire-scar sites using Thiessen polygons, then estimates fire rotation based on different assumptions about fire spread and burned area calculations within polygons.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure as described in the canonical source

Steps below were extracted from the paper that introduces this protocol — Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse (2024), Fire. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Create Thiessen polygons
   Used ArcGIS 'Create Thiessen Polygons' tool to divide study area into influence zones closest to each fire-scar site, creating polygons that enclose areas closest to each site
   Quantities: 10 Thiessen polygons corresponding to 10 fire-scar sitesDuration: Not specifiedConditions: GIS spatial analysis
   Equipment: ArcGIS Pro 3.2
2. Clip and calculate fire areas
   Clipped Bukowski and Baker fire reconstruction polygons with study area boundary, recalculated areas of fire polygons, and compiled dataset of fire size distribution attributes using statistical software
   Quantities: 60 fire reconstruction polygons analyzedDuration: Not specifiedConditions: GIS spatial analysis
   Equipment: ArcGIS Pro 3.2, Minitab 21.4.2

Typical Equipment

• ArcGIS Pro 3.2

Output Measurements

• fire rotation years
• burned area estimates

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol