Table 4 Pyrodiversity metric models describing plant Simpson’s diversity in order of increasing model Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) values (Table 2; Additional file 2: Equation 2.2) in the Illilouette Creek basin in Yosemite National Park and Sugarloaf Valley in Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. The analysis using Equation 3 (Additional file 2: Equation 2.3) included functional divergence at 100 m. Public data were collected beginning in early 1900s. Field data were collected from 2002 to 2013 to observe naturally occurring patterns of forest and understory structure and composition in relationship to fire regime
From: Drivers of understory plant communities in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests with pyrodiversity
Buffer (m) | Pyrodiversity metric | AIC |
|---|---|---|
100 | Functional richness | 142.7677 |
100 | Functional dispersion | 145.2036 |
75 | Functional richness | 147.8647 |
50 | Functional richness | 149.3709 |
25 | Functional richness | 150.7116 |
100 | Simpson’s diversity | 154.6558 |
250 | Simpson’s diversity | 154.8857 |
75 | Simpson’s diversity | 158.3128 |
250 | Functional richness | 158.5818 |
25 | Functional divergence | 158.6048 |
75 | All pyrodiversity indices | 160.3570 |
100 | All pyrodiversity indices | 160.5580 |
100 | Functional divergence | 162.1130 |
75 | Functional divergence | 162.3816 |
250 | Functional divergence | 162.9640 |
25 | All pyrodiversity indices | 163.3871 |
50 | All pyrodiversity indices | 163.4339 |
75 | Functional dispersion | 163.6863 |
50 | Simpson’s diversity | 165.2377 |
250 | All pyrodiversity indices | 166.7517 |
250 | Functional dispersion | 168.8335 |
25 | Simpson’s diversity | 170.1983 |
50 | Functional divergence | 170.6432 |
25 | Functional dispersion | 170.7138 |
50 | Functional dispersion | 171.2003 |