A 249‐yr chronosequence of forest plots from eight successive fires in the Eastern Canada boreal mixedwoods

A combination of wildfires and defoliating insect outbreaks play an important role in the natural successional dynamics North American boreal mixedwood forests, which, long term, change post-disturbance composition structure forest stands. After stand-replacing disturbances (mainly wildfires), early hardwoods typically dominate affected areas. Provided enough time following disturbances, increasing recruitment mid- to late-successional softwoods as well mortality gradually from admixtures hardwood-conifer species conifer-dominated stands mid late stages, respectively. Such mixedwoods are abundant across southern Canadian forest. In Canada, most structurally heterogeneous ecosystems, highly productive, form source timber supply. Here we present EASTERN BOREAL MIXEDWOODS CANADA data set, which documents changes originating eight different representing a chronosequence 249 yr since fire eastern Canada. This set has been used several projects study model influence (e.g., outbreaks) anthropogenic harvesting) on post-fire The covers high range variability stand structure, explained by establishment, dominance, mixture. It thus constitutes useful information trace main tree America, their establishment replacement at spatial scales landscape level). Please cite this paper when publications. We also request that researchers teachers inform us how they using data. open collaborate developing or co-authoring relevant research based set.