Tolerable fire interval status of Vegetation on public land

dataset: FIREECOL_STATUS_TFI
This layer shows the modelled Tolerable Fire Interval (TFI) status of vegetation on Victorian public land between years 2002 and 2015. TFIs are the minimum and maximum recommended time intervals between fire events for a particular vefetation community (see below for full definitions). The time interval is derived from the vital attributes of plant and animal species that occupy the vegetation community. The dataset categorises the landscape into five categories: Below minimum tolerable fire interval; Within tolerable fire interval; Above maximum tolerable fire interval; Public land with no recorded fire history; and Private land is also mapped. For a full understanding of the concepts on which this dataset is based, please see DSE Fire and adaptive management report no. 84, "Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets", David Cheal, 2010. Minimum TFI describes the minimum time required between two successive fire events at a site in order that a vegetation community or its constituent species can persist and have every reasonable chance of reaching maturity and setting seed. Expressed in years. Maximum TFI describes the maximum time required between two successive fire events at a site in order that a vegetation community or its constituent species can persist in the absence of fire. Expressed in years. The layer was created by the Fire and Emergency Management Division in the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and completed September 30th 2015.
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2016)

Tolerable fire interval status of Vegetation on public land

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
 

Description

Title
Tolerable fire interval status of Vegetation on public land 
Alternate title
FIREECOL_STATUS_TFI 
Resource Type
Dataset  
Purpose
FIRE_ECOL_STATUS_TFI is used in annual reporting on changes in Tolerable Fire Interval status of Victorian public land. The layer also provides the base data for several fire ecology analytical and planning processes. 
Credit
Erin Baxter Nevil Amos Andrew Blackett 
Supplemental Information
History: The FIRE_ECOL_STATUS_TFI layer is updated annually. Relationship to other Datasets: Derived from FIRE_HISTORY layer and FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD layer. Related Documents: None 
Status
Planned  
 
 

Temporal

Time period
2010-11-30 
 
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Horizontal Accuracy
100m  
Code
4283 
Description
General - Victoria 
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Maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed  
 
 

Format

Title
DIGITAL Arc/Info Grid???? DIGITAL Oracle/SDE???? 10 
 
 

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Keywords

Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
 
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
Unrestricted. Data available via www.data.vic.gov.au. This material may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria does not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for error, loss or damage which may arise from reliance upon it. All persons accessing this information should make appropriate enquiries to assess the currency of the data. 
Classification
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Statement
Dataset Source: The tolerable fire interval status layer is created annually based on the FIRE_HISTORY layer, the FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD layer, and a tolerable fire interval by EFG look up table [EFG_EVD_TFI (NOV 2011).csv]. TFIs were assigned to EFGs as part of a research project undertaken in 2010. A summary table of TFIs of EVD and EFG attribute fields is available in the relevant research report. See DSE Fire and adaptive management report no. 84, "Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets", David Cheal, 2010. Dataset Originality: Derived 
 
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Comments
Refer to FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD and FIRE_HISTORY. Refer to NV2005_EVCEBC for attribute accuracy associated with spatial data from which FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD was derived. Notably, EVDs consist of two or more EVCs and are therefore even more heterogeneous than EVCs. The assignment of tolerable fire intervals to EVDs (and EFG attribute fields) was based on flora records (from DSE's Vital Attributes Database) where they were available. Detailed research on the fire ecology of Australian native vegation communities is patchy. Therefore most TFIs were estimated using acombination of expert knowledge and modelling. The uncertainty associated with the TFIs has not been quanitified. However, the TFIs are conservative and based on a precautionary approach. 
Positional Accuracy
Comments
Refer to FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD and FIRE_HISTORY. 
Conceptual Consistency
Comments
Refer to FIRE_ECOL_EFGEVD and FIRE_HISTORY. 
Missing Data
Comments
Wildfires information has been collected for the East Gippsland old-growth study area. The dataset for the central highlands is essentially complete, however no new records beyond 1993 have been recorded. The datasets for the North East and Goldfileds areas are currently being compiled. Vegetation on public land in Victoria 
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