Fig. 5

Quercus kelloggii presence and absence in Yosemite National Park, California, USA (1991 to 2017), in relation to annual evapotranspiration (AET) and climatic water deficit (Deficit). The plots where Quercus kelloggii was present are shown as colored circles: the 67 unburned plots in blue and the 42 burned plots in colors according to their dNBR values. The thresholds for dNBR are: unchanged = 0 to 45, low = 46 to313, moderate = 314 to 599, and high = 600+. Plots where Quercus kelloggii was absent are shown as gray dots. The mean for the Quercus kelloggii plots that did not burn is shown in the blue triangle and the burned plots in the triangle colored with the mean dNBR level