Disturbances in Boreal Forest Landscapes

Fire. The dominant natural disturbance in boreal forest landscapes.

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Harvesting. The dominant human disturbance in boreal forest landscapes.

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Roads. A disturbance that facilitates access within boreal forest landscapes.

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Other. We currently exclude other boreal forest disturbance types.

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Boreal Disturbance Database

This data product is the result of extensive collaboration among many stakeholders and is provided as the only dataset of its kind. It represents an unprescedented spatial and temporal record of major boreal forest disturbances for the Area of Undertaking (AOU) in Ontario, Canada and is released for broad and wide-reaching research use. The intent is to leverage its value, extend its use into new domains, and to spur productive collaborations where the common element is (minimally) this data.

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