Table 6 Percent contribution and relative importance of the variables used in DNN and MaxEnt modeling of forest fire-vulnerability risk of Nepal. See Table 1 for corresponding variable units
From: Forest fire pattern and vulnerability mapping using deep learning in Nepal
Variables | MaxEnt | DNN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent contribution | Permutation importance | Relative importance | Percent contribution | |
Precipitation seasonality | 16.2 | 23.2 | 0.98 | 12.6 |
Mean temperature of driest quarter | 1.5 | 17.5 | 0.14 | 7.7 |
Slope | 5.9 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
Isothermality | 3.3 | 8 | 0.11 | 10.6 |
Precipitation of the driest quarter | 6.5 | 7.9 | 0.21 | 2.9 |
Annual precipitation | 18.9 | 6.1 | 1 | 14.2 |
Population density | 2.3 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
Temperature annual range | 1.7 | 5.3 | 0.07 | 2.9 |
Distance to water | 6.8 | 4.5 | 0.22 | 2.8 |
Precipitation of the driest month | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.13 | 6.9 |
Distance to path | 8.6 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 7.1 |
Forest cover | 11.6 | 1.7 | 0.31 | 9.4 |
Aspect | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.16 | 3.5 |
Livestock density | 5 | 1.5 | 0.19 | 4.8 |
Distance to settlement | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.01 | 2.4 |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index mean | 4.3 | 1 | 0.14 | 5.5 |