Tree Mortality following Prescribed Fire and a Storm Surge Event in Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) Forests in the Florida Keys, USA

Table 3

Mean (± 1 SD) tree size and fire damage characteristics of live and dead slash pine trees. The 𝑃-value shows results of Mann-Whitney U-tests between live and dead trees after one year of prescribed fire in seven plots burned between 1998 and 2000.

	Live	Dead	𝑃-value
	(𝑛=2,870)	(𝑛=680)
DBH (cm)	12.5 ± 5.8	10.6 ± 5.6	<.001
Char height (m)	1.80 ± 1.38	3.35 ± 1.73	<.001
Crown scorch (%)	45.2 ± 39.7	95.5 ± 17.0	<.001