Fig. 5

Box plots of ha day⁻¹ burned for the three analyzed groups: (1) non-UAS burning from 2012 to 2018, (2) non-UAS burning from 2019 to 2021, and (3) UAS burning from 2019 to 2021. Sample size was larger for these groups because data was not limited by variables such as weather or post-burn assessment metrics. The data used includes prescribed fires that were conducted across multiple ecoregions of Texas and Louisiana and was analyzed on a per day basis. Sample sizes, median values, mean values, and significance test results between groups can be found in Table 1