Table 4 Mineral soil data by burn severity. Parenthetical values are the standard error of n replicate plots. Within each column, values with the same letter are not significantly different at a α = 0.05 level.

Unburned control

0 to

15

4

26 (±2)^A

8.3 (±1.6)^A

0.18 (±0.03)^B

46 (±4)^A

Low severity

0 to

15

4

29 (±2)^A

6.8 (±1.2)^A

0.21 (±0.03)^B

34 (±3)^B

Mixed severity

0 to

15

4

29 (±2)^A

10.8 (±0.13)^A

0.29 (±0.01)^AB

37 (±2)^AB

High severity

0 to

15

4

30 (±3)^A

9.8 (±1.6)^A

0.40 (±0.09)^A

26 (±2)^B

ANOVA P-value

0.2882

0.1283

0.005

0.0003