Table 1 Summary of schedule of prescribed burns for 11 experimental plots used to examine the effect of fire-return interval (short, 3 years; or long, 6 years) and season of burn on density of snags of south Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa).
| Â | Â | Â | Burn date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burn season | Target return interval (yr) | Replicate | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
Dry | 6 | 1 | 13 Mar 1998 | 20 Jan 2004 | — | — |
Dry | 6 | 2 | 25 Feb 1999 | 23 Feb 2006 | — | — |
Dry | 6 | 3 | 4 Feb 1997 | 7 Jan 2003 | — | — |
Wet | 6 | 1 | 2 Jun 1996 | 4 Jun 2003 | — | — |
Wet | 6 | 2 | 28 May 1997 | 5 Jul 2004 | — | — |
Dry | 3 | 1 | 11 Mar 1998 | 31 Jan 2001 | 20 Jan 2004 | 1 Feb 2007 |
Dry | 3 | 2 | 12 Feb 1997 | 16 Feb 2000 | 28 Jan 2003 | 3 Mar 2006 |
Dry | 3 | 3 | 17 Feb 1999 | 7 Jan 2003 | 21 Dec 2004 | — |
Wet | 3 | 1 | 1 Jun 1996 | 30 Mar 2000 | 21 May 2003 | 14 Jul 2006 |
Wet | 3 | 2 | 4 May 2000 | 22 May 2003 | 14 Jul 2006 | — |
Wet | 3 | 3 | 26 May 1997 | 4 May 2000 | 22 May 2003 | 14 Jul 2006 |