Spatial metrics of post-fire patches of Conifer Absence (A) and Conifer Refugia (R) within 23 fires that burned ponderosa pine-dominated forests along the Colorado Front Range from 1996–2013.

Using image interpretation of 1 m aerial imagery to identify presence or absence of a mature conifer in each 30-m grid cell, Conifer Refugia patches are defined by the contiguous cells with the presence of post-fire mature conifers, and Conifer Absence patches are defined by contiguous cells with the absence of post-fire mature conifers. Median gives the median attribute value across all individual fires and Total gives the attribute value for all fires combined.