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Table 1 Description of site characteristics: year of burn, species richness, basal area, and stem density

From: Effect of forest fire on tree diversity and regeneration potential in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

Class code

Year of occurrence

Basal area m2 ha−1 (SD)

No. of stems ha−1 (SD)

Species

Seedlings

Saplings

Trees

B0

Never burned in past 15 years

36.81 (2.19)

407 (41.63)

19

10

23

B2

2012

24.88 (3.25)

370 (52.91)

17

9

18

B5

2009

29.70 (7.21)

463(32.15)

17

8

19

B15

1999

25.49 (5.85)

570 (26.46)

17

8

18