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Table 2 Mean pre- (2010) and post-fire (2014) habitat suitability, and mean absolute and percent change of habitat suitability for the overall study area and by burned severity class as defined by the MTBS burned severity map (US Geological Survey 2017) at the 2011 Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA. Suitability is an index with higher values indicating higher suitability. Standard errors are shown (±)

From: The effect of scale in quantifying fire impacts on species habitats

Burn severity

Pre-fire suitability

Post-fire suitability

Absolute change

Percent change (%)

Overall

0.065 ± 0.003

0.048 ± 0.003

−0.017 ± 0.000

−21.9 ± 1.3

Unburned

0.047 ± 0.000

0.043 ± 0.007

−0.004 ± 0.000

−10.9 ± 2.1

Low-severity burned

0.059 ± 0.000

0.047 ± 0.007

−0.012 ± 0.000

−19.8 ± 1.7

Moderate-severity burned

0.088 ± 0.001

0.057 ± 0.011

−0.031 ± 0.000

−34.2 ± 2.5

High-severity burned

0.112 ± 0.001

0.056 ± 0.012

−0.055 ± 0.000

−48.8 ± 3.0