Figure 5From: Fire History of a Lower Elevation Jeffrey Pine-Mixed Conifer Forest in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USASuperposed epoch analysis of fire years scarring more than 10% with a minimum of two trees scarred by fire for the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Pacific Decadal Oscillation index (PDO), and the El NiƱo Southern Oscillation index (NIĆO3) for two time periods, pre-settlement (1700 to 1859) and post-settlement (1860 to 2006). Black bars are statistically significant and the dashed lines represent the upper and lower 95% confidence intervals.Back to article page