Fig. 7

Ceanothus cordulatus presence and absence in Yosemite National Park, California, USA (1991 to 2017), in relation to annual evapotranspiration (AET) and climatic water deficit. The plots where Arctostaphylos patula was present are shown as colored circles: the 43 unburned plots in blue and the 32 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+. The mean for the Ceanothus cordulatus plots that did not burn is shown in the blue triangle and the burned plots in the triangle colored with the mean dNBR level. Plots where Ceanothus cordulatus was absent are shown as gray dots