Ground forest fuels data for Scots pine forests in Boiarka Forest Research Station, Kyiv oblast, Ukraine

This data collection was carried out in Scots pine (Pinus sylverstris L.) forests of Boiarka Forest Research Station, Kyiv oblast, Ukraine. This station is a unit of National University of Life and Environmental Sciences (Kyiv, Ukraine).

The data collection was fully supported by Formas, Swedish government research council for sustainable development (https://formas.se/en/). This project, 'Emergency action to collect data in war-affected Scots pine forests in Ukraine', aimed to collect a comprehensive data set on ground forest fuels in rich pine forests close to Kyiv City. This data set is used for fire behavior modeling.

Use file ReadMe.xlsx to examine the description of other files in this data set.

Primary file, SAMPLE_DATA.xlsx contains information about samples on transects and sub-plots within sample plots (litter and duff, dead and live fuels, also snags).

Main file, PLOT_DATA.xlsx contains summary on ground fuels calculated by FIREMON methodology.

This data set also contains PDF files with raw data materials (which may contain errors on plot ID, cleaned in final data) and ZIP-archives with photos from each plot. Every person who occasionally appeared in these research photos, provided their consent for sharing these materials.