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Table 2 Live herbaceous and 10-hour woody fuel moisture across structural community types on four dates during the 2008 fire season in the Bald Hills of Redwood National Park, California, USA. Means followed by the same letter (e.g., ABC) are not significantly different based on a Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test. Values in parentheses represent the standard error.

From: The Effects of Conifer Encroachment and Overstory Structure on Fuels and Fire in an Oak Woodland Landscape

Date

Overstory structure

n

Mean (%) C

V (%)

Range

   

Live herbaceous fuel moisture

  
 

Grassland

5

33.25 (4.45) A

29.94

16.79 to 43.73

29-8-2008

Savanna

5

51.87 (6.08) AB

26.20

33.63 to 63.87

Cluster

5

63.36 (7.74) B

27.30

42.77 to 89.12

 

Woodland

5

70.23 (6.94) B

22.09

52.96 to 94.65

 

Grassland

5

36.37 (4.09) A

25.14

27.97 to 51.96

20-9-2008

Savanna

5

43.40 (4.10) AB

21.05

30.80 to 56.42

Cluster

5

53.28 (3.63) B

15.25

48.04 to 67.70

 

Woodland

5

52.40 (1.83) B

7.82

45.70 to 56.36

   

10 hour woody fuel moisture

  
 

Grassland

5

4.96 (0.16) A

7.62

4.37 to 5.32

 

Savanna

5

5.04 (0.29) A

12.68

4.12 to 5.72

16-9-2008

Cluster

5

5.19 (0.23) AB

9.87

4.51 to 5.76

 

Woodland

5

5.45 (0.18) AB

7.47

4.87 to 5.91

 

Invaded

5

5.98 (0.21) B

7.90

5.392 to 6.44

 

Grassland

5

10.95 (0.57) A

11.73

9.19 to 12.78

 

Savanna

5

10.37 (0.17) AB

3.82

9.85 to 10.94

22-9-2008

Cluster

5

10.81 (0.29) AB

6.12

9.89 to 11.76

 

Woodland

5

10.95 (0.22) AB

4.60

10.15 to 11.46

 

Invaded

5

12.16 (0.16) B

2.86

11.65 to 12.53