Multivariate roles of litter traits on moisture and flammability of temperate northeastern North American tree species

Agriculture & Biology

• flammability 100%
• fire regime 44%
• ecosystems 34%
• Carya tomentosa 29%
• Carya glabra 28%
• Carya ovata 27%
• Nyssa sylvatica 26%
• Tilia americana 25%
• fire behavior 24%
• Betula alleghaniensis 22%
• soil water characteristic 22%
• Acer rubrum 20%
• Acer saccharum 20%
• duration 19%
• land use change 18%
• temperate forests 17%
• forest ecosystems 17%
• specific leaf area 17%
• leaf length 17%
• combustion 16%
• plant litter 15%
• woodlands 15%
• bulk density 14%
• Quercus 13%
• surface area 13%
• leaves 13%
• principal component analysis 13%
• Pinus 13%
• water content 10%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• litter 71%
• moisture 57%
• woodland ecosystem 12%
• North America 11%
• fire behavior 9%
• leaf area 9%
• leaf litter 9%
• ecosystem 8%
• temperate forest 8%
• forest ecosystem 7%
• bulk density 7%
• land use change 6%
• moisture content 6%
• principal component analysis 6%
• surface area 5%
• combustion 5%
• saturation 5%
• consumption 5%
• laboratory 4%
• effect 1%