Table 3 Blocked multi-response permutation procedure (MRBP) tests comparing 2008 variables to 2016 variables measured after the 2007 Egley Fire Complex in eastern, Oregon, USA. Boldface P-values denotes significance at the 95% confidence level, whereas boldface A-values are above 0.3 (strong within group agreement), and SE denotes the standard error within each group. NPV = non-photosynthetic (dead or dormant) vegetation; CWD = coarse woody debris

Tree canopy cover (%)

<0.001

0.198

40.08 (1.56)

28.13 (2.61)

Live tree basal area (m² ha^–1)

<0.001

0.115

2.19 (0.34)

9.54 (1.14)

Dead tree basal area (m² ha^–1)

<0.001

0.063

1.34 (0.20)

5.57 (0.67)

Live tree density (stems ha^–1)

<0.001

0.214

298.57 (42.10)

140.71 (16.82)

Dead tree density (stems ha^–1)

<0.001

0.162

250.00 (36.33)

52.86 (6.32)

Live sapling density (stems ha^–1)

0.036

0.012

104.29 (49.25)

40.00 (4.78)

Dead sapling density (stems ha^–1)

<0.001

0.181

994.29 (176.2)

68.57 (8.20)

Live seedling density (stems ha^–1)

0.001

0.027

571.43 (318.72)

236.43 (28.26)

Dead seedling density (stems ha^–1)

0.081

0.008

600.00 (392.69)

7.14 (0.85)

Green vegetation cover (%)

<0.001

0.488

5.54 (0.68)

29.39 (3.51)

NPV cover (%)

0.003

0.052

49.74 (2.67)

58.41 (6.98)

Soil and rock cover (%)

<0.001

0.421

40.70 (2.66)

12.00 (1.19)

Char cover (%)

<0.001

0.675

59.69 (2.31)

7.34 (0.88)

Moss, lichen, and fungi cover (%)

<0.001

0.122

1.76 (0.78)

2.31 (0.28)

Shrub cover (%)

<0.001

0.106

0.94 (0.35)

6.53 (0.78)

Graminoid cover (%)

<0.001

0.356

4.47 (0.77)

14.15 (1.69)

Forb cover (%)

<0.001

0.117

7.14 (1.05)

10.92 (1.31)

Invasive cover (%)

<0.001

0.151

0.10 (0.09)

2.42 (0.29)

Total fuel loads (Mg ha^–1)

<0.001

0.094

17.98 (2.39)

30.07 (3.59)

Fine fuel loads (Mg ha^–1)

<0.001

0.110

7.21 (0.72)

11.00 (1.31)

CWD (Mg ha^–1)

0.002

0.053

10.78 (3.19)

19.07 (2.28)

100-hour fuels (Mg ha^–1)

0.008

0.034

1.69 (0.42)

1.31 (0.16)

10-hour fuels (Mg ha^–1)

0.001

0.055

0.66 (0.12)

1.16 (0.14)

1-hour fuels (Mg ha^–1)

<0.001

0.410

0.02 (0.00)

0.32 (0.04)

Litter (Mg ha^–1)

<0.001

0.404

1.68 (0.22)

6.08 (0.73)

Duff (Mg ha^–1)

0.052

0.019

3.16 (0.41)

2.14 (0.26)