Fire Ecology

Table 1 Fuel loads on masticated blocks before and after prescribed burns at China Gulch (CG) and Hukill Hollow (HH) in southwestern Oregon, USA.

From: Prescribed Fire and Post-Fire Seeding in Brush Masticated Oak-Chaparral: Consequences for Native and Non-Native Plants

Burn	Site	Fuel load (T ha⁻¹)
		Duff + litter		1 to 100 hr		1000 hr		Total
		Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	% change
Fall	CG	11.5	4.7	22.6	1.2	0	0	34.1	5.9	−82.7
Fall	HH	10.8	0.9	26.4	4.8	12.4	0.4	49.6	6.2	−87.5
Spring	CG	15.1	4.2	13.0	11.4	0	0.4	28.1	16	−43.1
Spring	HH	31.8	0.7	24.5	9.9	9.4	4.4	65.7	15	−77.2
Mean (SD)		17.3 (9.9)	2.6 (2.1)	21.65 (96)	6.8 (4.7)	5.5 (6.4)	1.3 (2.1)	44.38 (16.86)	10.8 (5.5)	−72.6 (20.1)

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