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. 2013 Sep 9;8(9):e73008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073008

Table 5. The ten most important explanatory variables for the Direct health benefits, Ecosystem services, Advantages small scale clearing, Advantages large scale clearing, and Disadvantages large scale clearing indices in the BRT analysis, showing the explanatory variables in order down each column with their relative importance.

Direct health benefits Ecosystem services Advantages small scale clearing Advantages large scale clearing Disadvantages large scale clearing
Population 11.6 Vill.Relig. 21.1 Vill. Relig. 10.1 Res.Yr 18.2 Res.Yr 11.3
Res.Yr 10.6 Rubber 5.9 Province 9.5 Religion 11.7 Logged20 11.3
Vill.Relig. 7.8 Mangrv20 4.8 Pop’n 7.7 Oilpalm3 11.2 Religion 8.4
Logged20 6.6 Province 4.8 Logged10 7.4 Agroreg3 7.5 Pop’n 6.9
Age 5.6 Indtim10 4.6 Res.Yr 6.5 Pop’n 7.2 Agroreg10 6.2
Religion 5.5 Religion 4.5 Age 4.5 Province 6.5 Vill.Relig. 5.0
Logged10 5.4 Pop’n 3.5 Agroreg5 4.0 Oilpalm 4.8 Age 4.9
Agroreg10 3.8 Intact10 3.5 Indtim20 3.4 FT 2.6 Province 4.8
Intact20 3.2 Res.Yr 3.4 Religion 3.2 Vill.Relig. 2.6 Indtim5 4.3
Otherlc10 3.0 Age 3.4 Oilpalm 2.8 Schools 2.6 Oilpalm 3.3
r = 0.49 r = 0.72 r = 0.66 r = 0.60 r = 0.5.9

For explanation of variables see Table 4.