Supplemental Table 3: Description of Drivers by Category and Group
Category Group Drivers
Physical Site Characteristics Aspect southness, beers aspect, beers transformed aspect, transformed aspect, aspect (southness), aspect
Elevation elevation, elevation (m), elevation squared, elevation (squared)
Heat Load site level warmth, hli, heat load, site weather warmth, heatload, heat load index, interaction aspect and heat load, continuous heat-insolation load index, heat load insolation
Topography tpi, topographic wetness index, openness at 200m radius, tmi, distance to spring, openness of terrain in 100m radius, openness of terrain in 50m radius, twi, topographic position index, concavity, site-level drainage
Slope slope (%), slope length factor (ls), slope, slope (percent)
Soil Composition % clay, soil type, coarse fragments %, soil bulk density, k-factor (slope erodability), ph, soil clay content (percent), clay %, soil organic material, soil erodibility, depth to bedrock, soil substrate class, soil composition, k-factor (slope erodibility), soil texture, clay content (%), soil productivity
Abiotic Site Characteristics Seasonal Site-Warmth growing season maximum temperature, average summer temperature, summer maximum temp, maximum summer temperature
Seasonal Site-Coldness growing degree days, minimum summer temperature, minimum winter temperature, winter minimum temperature
Site-Moisture year of fire precipitation variability, map, annual precipitation, vwc, growing season precipitation, winter precipitation, winter snow water equivalent (30-year avg), normal map, summer precipitation, normal annual precipitation, normal vwc, normal growing season precipitation, normal precipitation
Site-Aridity standardized precipitaiton evapotranspiration index, climate moisture deficit, climatic water deficit, normal cmd, standardized precipitation evaporation index, standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index, vpd, normal cwd, average cwd, cmd, cwd, pet, normal vpd, cmd squared
Annual Site-Warmth temperature annual, average actual evapotranspiration, normal mat, normal annual temperature, maximum temperature, annual maximum temperature
Pre-Fire Biotic Characteristics Pre-Fire Composition serotiny, pre-fire composition, pre-fire douglas fir abundance, total douglas-fir pre-fire basal area, pre-fire stem density, pre-fire basal area, pre-fire stand density, lodgepole vs. douglas fir, basal area lodgepole, pre-fire stems, pre-fire live and dead basal area, basal area of focal species, pre-fire tree presencepre-fire stand density, pre-fire tree presence, pre-fire density, douglas-fir pre-fire, basal area (lodgepole pine), pre-fire presence, pre-fire spruce abundance, pre-fire abundance of lodgepole pine, pre-fire nbr, prefire abundance, lodgepole pre-fire, basal area (pine), lodgepole pine density, pre-fire ba
Fire History NA
Disturbance History prefire beetle mortality, beetle-killed basal area, reburn
Fire Impacts Post-Fire Seed Source seed source direction, distance-to-edge, weighted distance to edge, distance to seed source quadratic, distance to seed source, distance to live tree, extant cones, distance to edge, distance to edge squared, distance to edge., distance to live spruce, distance to low-severity, local seed source abundancepercentage of landscape covered by seed source at 100m radius, distance to edge quadratic, cones on lodgepole trees, percentage of landscape covered by seed source at 25m radius, kernel distance, distance to seed-source, distance to seed, extant cones on snags, pp_dwt (prapogule pressure), pp_dwt (propagule pressure), abundance of cone-bearing trees, extant cones on snags, seed source slope (categorical), weighted distance-to-edge, distance to low severity, distance to edge (quadratic), refugia density, distance to weighted live tree cover
Post-Fire Fuels and Soil litter type, cover 50-100 cm tall, bare unburned soil, soil ph, post-fire woody fuels, unburned litter on soil, bare ground (%), ammonium, soil %, burned shrubs (0.007), nitrite, soil nitrogen, wood cover (%), litter depth, nitrate, coarse woody debris, coarse woody debris cover, bare ground cover, soil carbon:nitrogen ratio, rock %, litter %, bare soil, rock % (0.005), wood cover %, woody debris type, bare soil %, burned trees < 10 m (0.031), rock cover %
Post-Fire Understory total ground cover, richness, shrub cover(%), understory conditions / cover (axis2), proportion of vegetation < 10 cm, cryptogram % (0.0697), understory cover (%), shrub %, forb cover, understory richness, forbes (%), shrub cover (%), % grass, understory vegetation (%), shrubs (%), forb %, unburned trees < 10 m tall (0.0097). aspect (0.0189), ground cover, forbs (%), graminoids cover %, vegetation 10-50 cm (0.003), shrub cover, ground cover %, shrub cover %, understory cover %, unburned trees <10 m tall, vegetation 10-50 cm, grass cover (%), grass %, % shrub, forb cover %, tall shrub %
Fire Severity neighborhood fire severity, pre-fire nbr & dnbr, fire severity, moderate burn severity, extreme burn severity, severity, scorched litter depth, high burn severity, burned litter depth, dnbr, burn severity, bole score, overstory burn severity, rdnbr, burn severity stdev, understory burn severity, char %
Post-Fire Canopy canopy, post-fire basal area (0.020), fractal dimension measured at 25/50/100/150/200/250m radii, post-fire live ba, post-fire overstory quadratic mean diameter, contagion measured at 25/50/100/150/200/250m radii, post-fire dead ba, overstory fire effects (axis1), patch size, treen density (live post-fire), remaining douglas-fir post-fire, percentage of landscape measured at 25/50/100/150/200/250m radii, contagion measured at 50/100/150/200/250m radii, distance to severe burn, patch density, average post-fire dbh (0.0213), biomass, canopy cover (%), percentage of landscape measured at 50/100/150/200/250m radii, patch area to perimeter ratio, canopy mortality (binary), aspen cover, patch height, canopy closure, post-fire basal area, average post-fire tree height (0.0274), canopy closure (%), percentage of landscape measured at 25/50/150/200/250m radii, distance to aspen, canopy cover %, basal area (post-fire), burned trees > 10 m (.0393), contagion (landscape metric) at 25m radius, patch width, patch live basal area, branches on remaining trees, post-fire overstory quadratic mean diameter
Post-Fire Anomalous Climate Wetting anomalous summer precipitation, anomalous mean vwc, anomalous spring vwc, anomalous precipitation 3 year mean, anomaly annual precipitation, anomalous mean map, anomalous growing season precipitation, anomalous winter precipitation, anomalous aet, anomalous post-fire growing season precipitation, anomalous precipitation
Post-Fire Snow anomalous snow-cover 3 years post-fire, anomalous snow-cover 3 year mean, anomalous snow-cover 1 year post-fire
Droughting anomalous vpd, anomalous maximum cmd, anomalous cmd, anomalous maximum summer vpd, 3-year post-fire standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index, anomalous mean vpd, anomalous cmd : normal cmd, anomalous cwd, anomalous mean summer bpd, pet (anomaly), anomalous growing season cmd, anomalous annual vpd
Post-Fire Heat anomalous winter mean temperature, anomalous post-fire average actual evapotranspiration, anomalous mean soil moisture, anomalous mean mat, anomalous maximum temperature, anomalous maximum summer temperature, anomalous mean summer temperature, anomalous precipitation 1 year post fire, anomalous mean annual temperature, anomalous winter maximum temperature
Post-Fire Cold anomalous winter minimum temperature, anomalous minimum summer temperature, anomalous minimum winter temperature, anomalous growing season minimum temperature
Post-Fire Weather Post-fire Drought post-fire cmd quadratic, year 5 cwd, year 5 vpd, post-fire winter aet, post-fire vpd, standardized precipitaiton evapotranspiration index, post-fire maximum vpd, post-fire spring aeti, post-fire cmd, post-fire fall aet
Post-Fire Moisture post-fire mean annual precipitation, post-fire winter pas, post-fire winter rh, post-fire spring rh, post-fire snow accumulation, year 5 total precipitation, year 5 fire year precipitation, post-fire growing season precipitation (5-year avg.), post-fire winter precipitation, post-fire fall precipitation, post-fire spring pas, post-fire growing season precipitation, soil moisture (%) 0.006, post-fire fall pas, post-fire summer rh, post-fire precipitation, post-fire snow acccumulation, post-fire maximum seasonal precipitation (5-year avg)
Post-Fire Temperature year 5 maximum temperature, post-fire minimum soil temperature, summer minimum temperatures, post-fire frost free days, post-fire mean maximum summer temperature, post-fire fall growing days, post-fire mean maximum fall temperature, post-fire growing degree days, post-fire temperature, soil temperature
Post-Fire Management Post-Fire Management NA
Random Site Effects Random Site Effects year3, location : burn severity, site effect, random plot, region, location : patch size, random effect (year), random effect stand age, month of fire, random effect for age, residual autocorrelation, fireid (time since fire & climate), location:patch:burnseverity, year2, time since fire, years since fire, site
Topography:Climate Interaction tpi : normal precipitation, heat load index combined with precipitation, heat load index combined with climatic water deficit, tpi : precipitation
Misc Interactions year3 combined with pico basal area., precipitation:temperature interaction, year2 combined with pico basal area, climate water deficit normal: fire interval, distance to unburned:fire interval (long), heat load index combined with forb cover, distance to-edge : short interval fire, patch size :burn severity