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Table 2 Information on fire dates that made up the experimental treatments. Weather data were taken onsite or from a weather station located 700 m away from the study location at Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida, USA, from 2005 to 2010. Wind data were taken at ground level near fire. Fuels were added to reburned plots from 2006 onward. All fires occurred between 0945 and 1300 hours. N = number of plots burned. KBDI = Keetch-Byram Drought Index (Keetch and Byram 1968). Min Rh = minimum relative humidity. Max AT = maximum air temperature. Max WS = maximum wind speed. Max FT = the mean of the maxima among the dataloggers per plot. Max 1-min mean = the mean of the maximum 1-minute means among dataloggers per plot. Mean RT = the number of minutes that temperature recorded above 60 °C. FL = flame length of typical flames (maximum observed length in parentheses). Days since rain and days to next rain were taken from Archbold Biological Station weather data (main weather station)

From: Effects of frequent fire and mowing on resprouting shrubs of Florida scrub, USA

Year

Date

N

KBDI

Min Rh (%)

Max AT (°C)

Max WS (km hr−1)

Max FT (°C)

Max 1-min mean (°C)

Mean RT (min)

FL (m)

Days since rain

Days to next rain

2005

20 Apr

4

438

46

26

8

698

531

5.4

1 to 2 (5)

6

7

2006

30 Mar

8

527

41

28

14

486

368

10.5

1 to 3 (6)

5

11

2007

20 Apr

8

597

30

29

19

525

301

5.6

2 to 4 (6)

4

14

2008

26 Mar

8

482

50

23

11

414

263

5.1

NA

2

5

2009

17 Mar

4

705

46

28

11

478

426

22.9

2 to 3 (4)

15

1

2010

16 Apr

16

257

38

27

19

578

399

11.5

NA

1

21