Short- and Long-Term Effects on Fuels, Forest Structure, and Wildfire Potential from Prescribed Fire and Resource Benefit Fire in Southwestern Forests, USA

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Description of study sites in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, USA.

Treatment	Fire names^a	Size (ha)	Year	Season	Severity	Vegetation type
PF^b	Eckelberger (12)	7284	2006	Fall	Low	Ponderosa pine
PF^b	Sheep Basin (12)	2486	2005	Fall	Low	Ponderosa pine
RBF-L^c	Martinez (16)	3958	2006	Summer	Low	Ponderosa pine and pinyon juniper
	Johnson (16)	4699	2005
	Bear (11)	22382	2006
RBF-M^d	Martinez (17)	3958	2006	Summer	Moderate-high	Ponderosa pine and pinyon juniper
RBF-M^d	Johnson (14)	4699	2005	Summer	Moderate-high	Ponderosa pine and pinyon juniper
Two RBF^e	Unknown	2028	1946	Summer	Low	Ponderosa pine
Two RBF^e	Ten Cow (20)	5473	2003	Summer	Low	Ponderosa pine
Three RBF^f	Unknown	780	1946	Summer	Low	Ponderosa pine
	Middle	5009	2002
	Bear (10)	22382	2006