Ecological Archives A015-049-A3

Geoffrey M. Blate. 2005. Modest trade-offs between timber management and fire susceptibility of a Bolivian semi-deciduous forest. Ecological Applications 15:1649–1663.

Appendix C (Table C1). A table listing path coefficients, P values, and proportion of variance explained (R2) by factors influencing area burned (%) in October 2001 test fires (N = 33) in La Chonta, Bolivia, determined by path analysis and illustrated in Fig. 3 of the main article.

Dependent variable Independent variable
Path coefficient
P
R2
         
Litter depth Total cover
0.51
0.001
0.24
  Unexplained
0.87
 
 
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) Wind
0.51
0.001
0.45
  Total cover
-0.47
0.002
 
  Unexplained
0.74
 
 
10-h fuel moisture Total cover
0.38
0.023
0.39
  VPD
-0.35
0.034
 
  Unexplained
0.78
 
 
1-h fuel moisture Total cover
0.30
0.070
0.39
  PD
-0.43
0.011
 
  Unexplained
0.78
 
 
Burn area (%) VPD
0.40
0.043
0.59
  Wind
-0.26
0.092
 
  Litter depth
0.66
0.000
 
  10-h fuel moisture
-0.19
0.279
 
  1-h fuel moisture
-0.43
0.014
 
  Unexplained
0.64
 
 



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