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Table 2 R2 and mean absolute error (MAE) of bivariate linear regression results between LFM and soil moisture or remote sensing variables. N/A: No analysis due to bovine disturbance of soil moisture data logger. Significance levels: *** P < 0.001, ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05.

From: Monitoring Live Fuel Moisture Using Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Proxies

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CWC

NDVI

NDWI

Soil moisture

Site

R2

MAE

R2

MAE

R2

MAE

R2

MAE

Little Cottonwood

0.38**

17.66

0.13

21.98

0.22*

21.65

0.63***

14.15

Hobble Creek

0.36*

20.12

0.4*

18.35

0.24

24.13

0.86***

9.76

Maple Canyon

0.12

21.77

0.01

24.36

0.38*

18.09

0.86***

10.72

Squaw Peak

0.7***

8.63

0.58***

9.61

0.69***

9.77

0.89***

5.14

Black Cedar

0.01

26.59

018

25.61

0.06

28.1

0.53***

18.45

Vernon

0.34***

33.49

0.39***

31.81

0.38***

33.98

0.65***

24.51

Mud Springs

0.6***

22.39

0.62***

22.36

0.46***

27.59

0.46***

28.79

Muskrat

0.39***

25.35

0.75***

15.44

0.22**

31.61

0.41***

22.87

Sevier Reservoir

0.45***

20.06

0.46***

19.7

0.24*

26.95

0.63***

19.52

Black Cedar

0.02

34.09

0.01

34.05

0.02

34.05

N/A

N/A

Average of Gambel oak

0.32

18.69

0.26

19.98

0.32

20.35

0.75

11.64

Average of big sagebrush

0.36

27.07

0.44

24.67

0.26

30.84

0.54

23.92

Average of all sites

0.34

22.88

0.35

22.33

0.29

25.59

0.66

17.1

Pooled Gambel oak

0.13***

19.74

0.01

22.29

0.12***

20.97

0.65***

13.31

Pooled big sagebrush

0.31***

31.52

0.26***

32.68

0.24***

34.08

0.48***

20.04

Pooled all sites

0.27***

28.05

0.15***

31.45

0.18***

31.53

0.49***

23.97