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Table 1 Predictor variables used in models of the distribution of woody species in Yosemite National Park, California, USA (1991 to 2017). Each model includes up to five potential predictors of species presence or absence. Predictor variables consist of actual evapotranspiration (AET), climatic water deficit (Deficit), quadratic effects (AET2, Deficit2), a dichotomous variable indicating whether the plot had burned (BURN), fire return interval departure (FRID; for plots that had not burned), and differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR; for plots that burned). For variable definitions and model comparison sets, see text

From: The distribution of woody species in relation to climate and fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Model

Predictor variables

1a

AET

 

Deficit

    

1b

AET

AET2

Deficit

Deficit2

   

2a

AET

 

Deficit

 

BURN

  

2b

AET

AET2

Deficit

Deficit2

BURN

  

3a

AET

 

Deficit

  

FRID

 

3b

AET

AET2

Deficit

Deficit2

 

FRID

 

4a

AET

 

Deficit

   

dNBR

4b

AET

AET2

Deficit

Deficit2

  

dNBR