Table 4. Summary statistics for variables in tropical forest areas.
| Forest Area | Protected forest area | ||||||
| Region | Variable | Mean | St. Dev. | Median | Mean | St. Dev. | Median |
| Biome | Travel time (minutes) | 1,353 | 1,401 | 817 | 1,678 | 1,528 | 1,181 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 2,135 | 712 | 2,051 | 2,102 | 621 | 2,026 | |
| Dist. to cities (km) | 185 | 142 | 149 | 207 | 139 | 180 | |
| Dist. to roads (km) | 47 | 73 | 14 | 72 | 94 | 28 | |
| Fire pixels (proportion) | 0.053 | 0.224 | 0 | 0.026 | 0.158 | 0 | |
| Elevation (meters) | 410 | 483 | 245 | 449 | 510 | 281 | |
| Slope (degree) | 6.4 | 6.9 | 3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 4 | |
| LAC | Travel time (minutes) | 1,772 | 1,564 | 1,323 | 1,913 | 1,596 | 1,481 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 2,197 | 571 | 2,186 | 2,099 | 499 | 2,060 | |
| Dist to cities (km) | 226 | 150 | 200 | 235 | 141 | 208 | |
| Dist to roads (km) | 76 | 87 | 44 | 94 | 101 | 54 | |
| Fire pixels (proportion) | 0.052 | 0.223 | 0 | 0.022 | 0.145 | 0 | |
| Elevation (meters) | 314 | 439 | 181 | 361 | 449 | 229 | |
| Slope (degree) | 4.8 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 3 | |
| Africa | Travel time (minutes) | 646 | 563 | 486 | 889 | 652 | 736 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,569 | 408 | 1,533 | 1,632 | 482 | 1,587 | |
| Dist to cities (km) | 145 | 92 | 131 | 166 | 97 | 160 | |
| Dist to roads (km) | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | |
| Fire pixels (proportion) | 0.057 | 0.231 | 0 | 0.030 | 0.170 | 0 | |
| Elevation (meters) | 493 | 362 | 441 | 581 | 533 | 446 | |
| Slope (degree) | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4 | |
| Asia | Travel time (minutes) | 1,039 | 1,180 | 558 | 1,201 | 1,354 | 685 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 2,410 | 885 | 2,365 | 2,436 | 905 | 2,438 | |
| Dist to cities (km) | 132 | 129 | 85 | 117 | 107 | 87 | |
| Dist to roads (km) | 18 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 9 | |
| Fire pixels (proportion) | 0.052 | 0.223 | 0 | 0.040 | 0.195 | 0 | |
| Elevation (meters) | 540 | 584 | 348 | 741 | 605 | 629 | |
| Slope (degree) | 11.3 | 8.1 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.9 | 14 | |