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. 2020 Feb 13;26(4):2042–2059. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15010

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Predictive variable importance (VIMP) derived from randomForest regression analysis of annual surface water area (1984–2018) for endorheic lakes and wetlands within snowmelt and monsoonal watersheds (see Figure 1). Box: 25th, 50th (heavy vertical line), and 75th percentiles. Whiskers: 5th and 95th percentiles. Predictor variables: ET, evapotranspiration; IrrAg, irrigated agricultural area; PopDen, human population density; PR, precipitation; RO, runoff; SWE, snow water equivalent. VIMP is derived from Breiman‐Cutler permutation; see Section 2 for details); VIMP is standardized for comparisons among all plots