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Table 2 Study sites, fire history and population data

From: Fire frequency and severity mediate recruitment response of a threatened shrub following severe megafire

Site

Severity

Times burnt 1960–2020

Time since fire (years)

Pre-fire population size

Mean seedling density

651

Extreme

3

3

2a

0

657

High

4

7

1

0

662

High

2

51

87

0.27

679

Extreme

2 to 4

23 to 51

191

2.29

680

High

3

20

8a

1.39

683

Moderate

2 to 4

18 to 51

26

0.14

700

Moderate

2

51

28

1.31

701

Extreme

2

51

4a

0.9

702

Moderate

3

15

34

0.67

703

High

3

15

1

0.01

704

High

1

> 60

70

26.8

Pre-fire population size sources: All pre-fire population size estimates from Miles and Canackle (2019), except where marked by a; these are from Le Breton (2016). NB: Ranges of times burnt are for larger or more diffuse sites with mixed fire histories, which remain nonetheless a single population