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Table 1 Truffle abundance and diversity, and mean values of microsite variables at four burned and four unburned paired sites in Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite West was burned in 1998, Turner Ridge in 1999, Big Creek in 2005, and Mariposa Grove in 1999 and 2002.

From: Truffle Abundance in Recently Prescribed Burned and Unburned Forests in Yosemite National Park: Implications for Mycophagous Mammals

Site and Treatment

Frequency (%)

Species Richness

Biomass (kg ha−1)

Litter depth (cm)

Distance to tree (m)a

Canopy closure (%)

Char height (m)

Yosemite West

       
 

Burn

24

5

1.69

2.0

2.7

78

1.2

 

No Burn

32

4

2.76

6.3

2.9

75

 

Turner Ridge

       
 

Burn

36

10

2.37

4.4

3.3

82

1.8

 

No Burn

44

9

1.39

6.4

2.6

79

 

Mariposa Grove

       
 

Burn

8

2

0.05

1.3

3.8

76

2.9

 

No Burn

24

8

1.68

7.5

7.5

81

 

Big Creek

       
 

Burn

0

0

0.00

1.1

2.4

77

1.1

 

No Burn

33

4

1.33

7.6

2.3

75

 
  1. a Distance to nearest tree (>30 cm dbh).