Short-Term Fire Effects on Small Mammal Populations and Vegetation of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert

Table 4

Mean frequency (%) of forb species prior to burning, May 1995 (PRE), and one year post burn, July 1996 (POST96), on burned (B) and control (C) sites on Fort Bliss Military Reservation, Otero County, New Mexico.

Species		PRE			POST96
		B	C	𝑃	B	C	𝑃
Allionia incarnata	𝑥	0.0	0.0	^1	18.0	0.3	.008
	SE	0.0	0.0		5.2	0.3
Bahia absinthifolia	𝑥	0.0	0.0	^1	12.7	0.7	.027
	SE	0.0	0.0		4.8	0.4
Brassicaceae	𝑥	8.2	4.1	.564	0.0	0.0	^1
	SE	6.5	1.3		0.0	0.0
Cryptantha albida	𝑥	2.9	7.9	.174	0.0	0.0	^1
	SE	0.9	3.0		0.0	0.0
Euphorbia esula	𝑥	0.0	0.0	^1	58.6	7.9	≤.001
	SE	0.0	0.0		9.5	4.3
Gutierrezia sarothrae	𝑥	6.3	15.6	.042	0.7	9.3	≤.001
	SE	2.3	3.6		0.4	1.9
Heliotropium greggii	𝑥	0.0	0.0	^1	43.0	5.6	.005
	SE	0.0	0.0		9.2	3.3
Solanum elaegnifolium	𝑥	0.0	0.0	^1	8.0	0.0	.111
	SE	0.0	0.0		4.5	0.0

¹Statistical analysis not attempted.