Fire Ecology

Table 2 Dispersal distances and burial depths of buried magnet acorns recovered from oaks in the burned and unburned areas. Values are means ± 1 SE. Within each column by site category, different letters indicate a significant difference between seasons using paired t-tests.

From: Acorn Dispersal of California Black Oak after a Stand-Replacing Fire

Site and season	n	Distance (m)	Depth (mm)
Unburned
Fall 2007	49	4.97 ± 0.71^a	30.09 ± 3.39^a
Spring 2008	5	7.60 ± 2.83^a	55.88 ± 9.50^b
Burned
Fall 2007	42	5.27 ± 0.60^a	22.07 ± 1.93^a
Spring 2008	19	8.04 ± 1.47^b	19.05 ± 3.36^a

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