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Table 3 Distribution of the plots meeting all criteria simultaneously across their disturbance history categories (total basal area ≥ 33.3 m2/ha, percent medium tree basal area > 30%, percent large tree basal area > 30%, large tree density ≥ 37 trees/ha, and canopy cover ≥ 60%). Categories not listed (plots that burned at medium or high severity in any year) had 0% of plots that met all criteria)

From: Long-term recovery of Mexican spotted owl nesting habitat after fire in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico

Disturbance agent and decade

Severity

Percentage of plots meeting all criteria

Control

N/A

13.2

Fire (1990s–2000s)

Low

25.0

Fire (1950s–1960s)

Low

20.0

Fire (1920s)

Low

10.0

Total

 

7.96