Table 1 Average cover values (%) for each burn severity category (low severity, moderate severity, high severity, unburned in the last 10 years (young vegetation), and unburned in the last 20 years (old vegetation)) of every woody species and herbaceous vegetation at the lowest stratum (0–0.5 m) in each type of ecosystem (shrubland, heathland, broomland, and oak woodland)
From: Resilience of Mediterranean communities to fire depends on burn severity and type of ecosystem
Vegetation | Burn severity | Shrubland | Heathland | Broomland | Oak woodland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woody species | |||||
Cytisus scoparius | HS | 1.82 (4.92) | 0.43 (1.90) | 20.43 (17.18) | 17.96 (19.74) |
MS | 1.02 (4.53) | 0.56 (1.61) | 15.28 (13.49) | 15.45 (16.34) | |
LS | - | 1.52 (2.82) | 8.73 (19.59) | 10.63 (9.17) | |
YV | - | - | 20.90 (18.44) | 3.91 (7.92) | |
OV | - | - | 49.13 (41.05) | NA | |
Erica australis | HS | - | 16.84 (10.39) | 0.78 (2.08) | 5.43 (9.56) |
MS | 0.01 (0.05) | 14.44 (9.38) | - | 0.01 (0.05) | |
LS | - | 13.80 (13.26) | 0.25 (0.75) | 0.72 (3.15) | |
YV | - | 27.69 (19.37) | 0.13 (0.56) | 6.08 (14.63) | |
OV | - | 40.56 (14.30) | - | NA | |
Genista florida | HS | - | - | 5.54 (11.92) | - |
MS | - | 0.33 (1.68) | 7.51 (15.26) | 0.27 (1.30) | |
LS | - | 0.20 (0.40) | 6.64 (10.97) | 0.46 (1.73) | |
YV | 0.02 (0.06) | - | 8.96 (22.42) | - | |
OV | - | - | 21.91 (33.59) | NA | |
Genista hystrix | HS | 8.36 (3.92) | 0.77 (2.05) | - | 0.35 (1.71) |
MS | 5.32 (5.53) | 0.44 (1.93) | - | 0.37 (1.19) | |
LS | 5.75 (5.73) | - | 1.30 (2.89) | - | |
YV | 29.93 (24.20) | 0.20 (0.89) | 0.01 (0.06) | 0.11 (0.46) | |
OV | 29.42 (14.70) | 1.31 (3.71) | - | NA | |
Pterospartum tridentatum | HS | 0.57 (0.75) | 26.88 (17.05) | 0.30 (1.15) | 1.67 (2.48) |
MS | 1.41 (2.61) | 16.39 (9.24) | - | - | |
LS | - | 11.78 (10.12) | 1.86 (4.15) | - | |
YV | 1.63 (4.31) | 38.13 (14.78) | 0.04 (0.17) | 6.13 (11.02) | |
OV | - | 30.24 (13.94) | - | NA | |
Quercus pyrenaica | HS | - | 0.04 (0.24) | - | 46.94 (27.97) |
MS | - | - | - | 40.26 (21.28) | |
LS | - | - | - | 27.04 (15.91) | |
YV | - | - | - | 48.09 (20.52) | |
OV | - | 0.04 (0.17) | - | NA | |
Herbaceous species | HS | 65.27 (10.57) | 7.46 (9.68) | 42.98 (16.65) | 14.72 (14.30) |
MS | 36.43 (14.16) | 9.78 (9.22) | 59.70 (21.84) | 39.65 (23.89) | |
LS | 57.79 (17.91) | 26.55 (13.82) | 42.27 (32.00) | 21.74 (17.46) | |
YV | 41.33 (12.80) | 5.48 (7.00) | 71.75 (12.74) | 23.53 (11.27) | |
OV | 43.64 (17.12) | 2.76 (6.20) | 58.19 (27.06) | NA | |