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Table 3 Parameter estimates of generalized linear regression for selected deer forage (kg ha−1) in major forest types and as related to years-since-fire in growing season burned longleaf pine forests at Fort Bragg Military Installation, North Carolina, USA, from June to September, 2011 to 2012.

From: Variability in Fire Prescriptions to Promote Wildlife Foods in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

Term

Biomass

Estimate

SE

Chi square

P-value

Intercept

 

1.11

0.04

807.49

<0.001

Bottomland hardwood

84

11.55

0.49

559.06

<0.001

Dormant upland pine

23

−20.53

0.78

689.25

<0.001

Growing upland pine

28

−27.61

2.77

99.43

<0.001

Upland hardwooda

44

    

Same year as fire

22

−34.69

2.77

157.28

<0.001

1 yr post fire

17

−19.16

2.00

91.61

<0.001

2 yr post fire

28

−16.21

1.44

126.10

<0.001

3 yr post firea

47

    

Dormant upland pine*same year as fire

16

19.17

1.62

140.91

<0.001

Dormant upland pine*1 yr post fire

16

9.41

1.15

67.43

<0.001

Dormant upland pine*2 yr post fire

33

17.00

1.14

221.64

<0.001

Dormant upland pine*3 yr post fire

26

−7.17

1.21E-07

3.54E+15

<0.001

Growing upland pine*same yr as fire

48

32.23

2.29

198.37

<0.001

Growing upland pine*1 yr post fire

25

24.90

2.52

97.71

<0.001

Growing upland pine*2 yr post fire

32

20.52

1.96

109.25

0.1171

Growing upland pine*3 yr post fire

9

−2.30

1.47

2.46

<0.001

Upland hardwood*same year as firea

2

    

Upland hardwood*1 yr post firea

10

    

Upland hardwood*2 yr post firea

17

    

Upland hardwood*3 yr post firea

83

    
  1. a Reference group for comparisons.