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Table 1 Summary information of the ten fires surveyed for ponderosa pine regeneration across Arizona and New Mexico, USA, that burned severely in ponderosa pine forests. Field data were collected in 2018 and 2019. Within each fire perimeter, table includes total area burned in forests and woodlands, percent of area burned severely, the number of plots and transects established in high-severity burn patches, and ponderosa pine regeneration density (mean and median). High-severity fire was mapped using a RdNBR threshold of ≥643 (Singleton et al. 2019)

From: Moisture and vegetation cover limit ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches in the southwestern US

Year

Fire name

National forest

Area (ha)

High severity fire (%)

Number of plots (transects)

Mean (median) (stems ha−1)

1996

Bridgerknoll

Kaibab

11 863

27.6

12 (6)

87 (0)

1996

Horseshoe

Coconino

3 273

26.5

2 (1)

361 (361)

2000

Pumpkin

Coconino

6 431

26.9

2 (1)

734 (734)

2002

Ponil Complex

Carson

35 071

23.5

4 (2)

11 (9)

2002

Rodeo-Chediski

Apache-Sitgreaves

180 759

33.2

10 (5)

555 (145)

2005

Mudersbach

Kaibab

3 203

13.4

2 (1)

14 (14)

2005

Pine Canyon

Carson

1 651

45.4

6 (3)

46 (37)

2006

Warm

Kaibab

23 536

38.7

10 (5)

355 (95)

2008

Big Springs

Cibola

2 020

56.9

2 (1)

5 (5)

2008

Trigo

Cibola

5 590

32.5

4 (2)

24 (11)