Fig. 4: Attributions of the normal climatic conditions, climatic conditions during the woody recovery period, drought-related, and ecosystem-related factors to the recovery time of the woody component across tropical evergreen broadleaf forests. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 4: Attributions of the normal climatic conditions, climatic conditions during the woody recovery period, drought-related, and ecosystem-related factors to the recovery time of the woody component across tropical evergreen broadleaf forests.

From: Satellite observations indicate slower recovery of woody components compared to upper-canopy and leaves in tropical rainforests after drought

Fig. 4

a The relative importance of the predictor variables in the random forest model is shown by the percentage increase of mean squared error (%IncMSE). The scatterplots illustrate the relationships between the woody recovery time and various factors, b L-VOD anomaly during the drought period, c, d mean monthly VPD and precipitation during the recovery period, e annual L-VOD pre-El Niño period, f, g monthly temperature and precipitation variation, h, i mean monthly soil moisture layer 2 and layer 3 during the recovery period, and j the long-term mean monthly precipitation. R indicates the correlation coefficient between the recovery period and the influencing factors. Asterisks denote significant linear correlations at 0.01 “**” and 0.05 “*” levels, respectively.

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