Table 3 Burning characteristics of sugar pine cones of six different condition classes from the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot. Values that share a superscript (within columns) are not significantly different.

I

15

383

57

2213^a

201

2596^a

207

II

14

238^a

21

2317^a

241

2554^a

235

III

13

217^a

41

2242^a

316

2460^a

303

IV

14

166^a

18

269^bc

61

435^bc

66

V

15

113^a

16

117^b

25

230^b

28

VI

15

160^a

21

1140^c

397

1300^c

407

Cone condition class

Flame length (cm)

Consumption (%)

Loss rate (mg s ⁻¹ )

n

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

I

15

114^a

5

95.3^a

0.4

98^a

11

II

14

111^a

6

96.2^a

0.4

89^a

10

III

13

48^bc

7

76.8^a

6.7

28^b

5

IV

14

29^bd

4

33.0^b

4.5

84^a

17

V

15

17^d

2

13.3^b

2.1

34^b

6

VI

15

28^cd

7

34.1^b

9.9

27^b

4