Table 3.

Annual tree mortality and forest insect disturbance for different provinces (0: Ontario; 1: Quebec), different dominant tree species (4: balsam fir; 3: black spruce; 2: trembling aspen; 1: jack pine; 0: others), different proportions of hardwoods, different maturity classes (0: <80 years; 1: ≥80), diameter classes (0: <10 cm; 1: 10 to 15; 2: ≥15), latitude, and elevation

	Tree mortality		Forest insect disturbance
Variables	β	p	β	P	N
Province	0.6729	<0.0001	16.5221	<0.0001	226
Dominant tree species	0.1926	<0.0001	2.0980	0.0307	226
Proportion of hardwoods	−0.8508	0.0011	−5.4959	0.0020	226
Mature or not	−0.2162	0.1026	0.0193	0.9586	226
Diameter class	0.0064	0.9571	0.0277	0.6961	226
Latitude	−0.1114	0.0210	−0.0522	0.6968	226
Elevation	0.0004	0.9200	0.0014	0.1190	226