Table 6 Comparisons of raw data from 11 burned sites and five bark beetle outbreak sites sampled in the greater Sierra Nevada region of California, USA, during the summers of 2015 and 2016, summarized by transect as count ratios or mean ± standard error. BBO = bark beetle outbreak, BA = basal area, DBH = diameter at breast height

Dominant tree taxon (count ratio)

Yellow pine (2.71:1)

White fir (1.48:1)

BA (m² ha⁻¹)^**

31.69 ± 1.27

39.28 ± 2.59

Snag BA (m² ha⁻¹)^**

14.87 ± 1.31

11.20 ± 1.20

Mean DBH (cm) ^ns

46.17 ± 1.22

45.42 ± 1.52

Snag mean DBH (cm)^ns

42.38 ± 1.26

44.45 ± 2.27

Larval sampling snag DBH (cm)^**

36.55 ± 1.23

40.54 ± 1.50

Bark beetle presence per quadrat^***

0.61 ± 0.04

1.46 ± 0.05

Larval woodborer activity per quadrat^ns

1.99 ± 0.08

1.74 ± 0.12

Adult buprestids captured (n)^ns

1.00 ± 0.12

0.88 ± 0.11

Adult cerambycids captured (n)^ns

0.72 ± 0.07

0.90 ± 0.11