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Table 2 Means and standard errors for the percent cover of forbs, grass, shrubs, and trees over reference and impact plots.

From: Wildfires Alter Rodent Community Structure Across Four Vegetation Types in Southern California, USA

Vegetation typea

Cover type

Vegetation cover

Post-fire

Pre-firebc

Reference

Impact

Reference

Impact

Non-razed

Razed

Non-razed

Non-razed

CSS

Forb

37.9 (8.1)

69.2 (6.8)

N/A

N/A

Grass

47.9 (9.5)

54.3 (9.8)

33.0 (7.0)

30.3 (8.6)

Shrub

59.7 (6.8)

17.3 (6.7)

59.3 (10.1)

72.0 (1.3)

Tree

0.0 (0.0)

1.2 (1.4)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

GRASS

Forb

70.1 (6.1)

62.1 (9.7)

N/A

N/A

Grass

76.8 (8.8)

89.9 (3.4)

79.0 (6.6)

90.4 (2.4)

Shrub

2.1 (1.3)

2.0 (1.7)

0.8 (0.0)

8.4 (5.6)

Tree

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.2 (0.2)

0.0 (0.0)

CHAP

Forb

48.3 (14.3)

42.9 (5.5)

N/A

N/A

Grass

37.5 (7.9)

28.2 (6.5)

N/A

N/A

Shrub

63.3 (3.6)

33.9 (4.8)

N/A

N/A

Tree

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

N/A

N/A

WOOD

Forb

53.6 (12.3)

55.4 (5.9)

N/A

N/A

Grass

84.8 (5.7)

67.5 (7.3)

N/A

N/A

Shrub

9.4 (4.4)

7.1 (2.3)

N/A

N/A

Tree

36.2 (11.1)

32.7 (3.5)

N/A

N/A

  1. a CSS = coastal sage scrub, CHAP = chaparral, GRASS = grassland, WOOD = woodland.
  2. b Rancho Jamul site only.
  3. c Pre-fire forb cover is not presented because pre-fire vegetation surveys were conducted in the fall when most forbs are dry and disarticulated.