Short-Term Fire Effects on Small Mammal Populations and Vegetation of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Table 3
Mean frequency (%) of grass 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
C
B
Aristida spp.
1.6
2.6
.525
16.8
1.3
.124
SE
1.0
1.3
8.8
1.0
Bouteloua barbata
0.0
0.0
1
17.6
6.6
.121
SE
0.0
0.0
6.7
4.4
Bouteloua eriopoda
8.0
2.3
.361
11.6
3.6
.073
SE
5.4
1.7
6.6
3.3
Muhlenbergia arenacea
5.3
3.6
.647
20.0
1.3
.002
SE
2.8
1.8
4.9
0.7
Muhlenbergia porteri
56.0
68.7
.227
16.7
70.0
.001
SE
6.5
5.2
3.1
5.6
Scleropogon brevifolius 2
35.6
23.0
.207
36.6
21.7
.141
SE
10.8
9.8
8.3
7.3
Sporobolus flexuosus
24.0
31.0
.204
8.0
31.9
.001
SE
5.0
5.7
2.7
5.1
1Statistical analysis not attempted. 2Data square-root transformed. Raw means presented.
