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Table 1 Description of study sites and fire classes

From: Post-fire soil nutrient dynamics in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Western Ghats, India

Class Code

Fire Class

Year of occurrence

Number of Plots

Basal area (SD) (m2 ha−1)

Stem density (SD) (ha− 1)

B0

Unburned

Never Burned in Past 15 Year

3

36.81 (2.19)

407 (41.63)

B2

Two year old

2012

3

24.88 (3.25)

370 (52.91)

B5

Five year old

2009

3

29.70 (7.21)

463 (32.15)

B15

Fifteen year old

1999

3

25.49 (5.85)

570 (6.46)