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Abstract
A critical step in the development of a postfire restoration strategy is the acquisition and analysis of relevant data and other information. This information is essential to answering questions posed in the postfire flowchart that, in turn, informs the restoration portfolio (both addressed in chapter 2). Spatially explicit information helps us to evaluate the ecological condition of a postfire landscape, including the capacity of a particular area to support ecosystems in the future and the ecological processes that may affect ecosystem succession. Acquired and analyzed at a meaningful scale, spatial and other information—and incorporation of field verification whenever possible—will assist us in understanding past, present, and future ecological conditions.
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Estes, Becky L.; Gross, Shana E.; Molinari, Nicole A.; White, Angela M.; Conway, Scott; Walsh, Dana; Isbell, Clint; Young, Dave. 2021. Data gathering and analysis. In: Meyer, M.D.; Long, J.W.; Safford, H.D., eds. Postfire restoration framework for national forests in California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-270. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 47-69. Chapter 3.
