Ecological Archives C006-098-A2

J. Stephen Brewer. 2015. Competitive effects of fire-resistant saplings on their fire-sensitive neighbors are greater than the reverse. Ecosphere 6:255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/es15-00116.1

Appendix B. Counts and species identity of target sapling stems and the closest neighbor of a specified group (i.e., oak or non-oak) within a 1-m radius of the target stem encountered at the time of establishment of species pairs.

Table B1. Counts and species identity of target sapling stems and the closest neighbor of a specified group (i.e., oak or non-oak) within a 1-m radius of the target stem encountered at the time of establishment of species pairs.

Sapling species

Number encountered in April 2012 (or March 2013)

Unburned Plot

Burned Plot

Acer rubrum

9

22

Amelanchier arborea

2

0

Callicarpa americana

0

1

Carya pallida

14

5

Carya tomentosa

1

0

Cornus florida

5

0

Diospyros virginiana

1

0

Fagus grandifolia

2

0

Liquidambar styraciflua

1

0

Liriodendron tulipifera

1

0

Nyssa sylvatica

37

20

Prunus serotina

4

30

Quercus alba

22

10

Quercus coccinea

9

24

Quercus falcata

26

23

Quercus marilandica

14

12

Quercus nigra

1

0

Quercus stellata

3

3

Quercus velutina

24

33

Sassafras albidum

2

0

Ulmus alata

1

14

Vaccinium arborea

7

1

Total Stems

186

198


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