Predictor Importance Values for eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Predictor Name	Importance Score	Rank
Annual precipitation (mm)	30.93	2
Mean May-September precipitation (mm)	21.92	28
Mean annual temperature (°C)	18.67	35
Mean May-September temperature (°C)	19.89	33
Mean temperature of coldest month (°C)	23.96	20
Mean temperature of warmest month (°C)	20.4	32
Annual aridity index	17.99	37
Minimum elevation	25.11	17
Maximum elevation	18.58	36
Average elevation	23.9	21
Median elevation	25.42	16
Range of elevation	23.01	25
Elevation coefficient ofvariation	28.45	10
Elevation standard deviation	29.54	7
Annual daylength coefficient of variation	26.66	11
Total available water capacity (cm, to 150 cm)	29.98	5
Total available water supply (cm, to 150 cm)	29.62	6
Depth to water table (cm)	25.99	14
Soil permeability rate (cm/hr)	22.29	27
Soil calcium carbonate (% by weight)	21.55	29
Soil cation-exchange capacity	24.95	18
Soil pH	29.33	8
Soil bulk density (g/cm3)	30.56	4
Organic matter content (% by weight)	25.91	15
Potential soil productivity	26.5	12
Soil erodibility factor, rock fragment free	17.94	38
Soil erosion by wind (tons/acre/year)	36.57	1
Percent soil passing sieve No. 10 (coarse)	23.65	23
Percent soil passing sieve No. 200 (fine)	13.73	42
Percent clay (< 0.002 mm size)	23.75	22
Percent sand (< 0.002 mm size)	16.74	39
Percent silt (< 0.002 mm size)	24.46	19
Percent of texture clayey	19.87	34
Percent of texture loamy	22.8	26
Percent of texture sandy	23.16	24
Percent of texture other	21.49	30
Alfisol (%)	30.88	3
Aridisol (%)	1.76	45
Entisol (%)	15.86	41
Histosol (%)	12.23	43
Inceptisol (%)	28.57	9
Mollisol (%)	26.01	13
Spodosol (%)	7.59	44
Ultisol (%)	20.97	31
Vertisol (%)	16.56	40