Table 3 Annual burned area (BA) trends by potential natural vegetation type assessed with the Theil-Sen slope estimator
From: Humans and climate modulate fire activity across Ethiopia
Vegetation type | Mean annual BA (kha) | Theil-Sen slope |
|---|---|---|
Dry combretum wooded grassland (Wcd) | 6969 ± 795 | −114.2* |
Edaphic wooded grassland (wd) | 580 ± 45 | 0.9 |
Afromontane moist transitional forest (Fe) | 489 ± 70 | −8.3 |
Acacia-Commiphora bushland (Bd/Bds) | 74 ± 60 | 1.4 |
Afromontane forest (Fb/Be/wd) | 73 ± 15 | −1 |
Afromontane rain forest (Fa) | 50 ± 15 | −1.1 |
Freshwater swamp (X) | 42 ± 11 | −1.8* |
Afroalpine vegetation (A) | 10 ± 19 | 0.1 |
Semi-desert (S) | 5 ± 3 | 0.1 |
Halophytic vegetation (Z) | 5 ± 2 | −0.2 |
Desert (D) | 2 ± 2 | 0 |
Acacia tortilis woodland (We) | 1 ± 1 | 0 |
Montane Ericaceous belt (E) | 0 ± 1 | 0 |