Agent-Based Modeling of Harvest Decisions by Small Scale Forest Landowners in Maine, USA

Table 4

Harvesting and goal score ANOVA output. Mean standard deviations (between brackets), sample size and interactions of goal score changes, and hectares harvested by scenario and action. Significant differences in means are bolded.

(a) ANOVA: scenario by action on fiscal goal score

Scenario	Heavy harvest	Light harvest	No harvest	Interaction effect
				F	𝜌
Baseline	−11623710; (7398318), 𝑁=240	−6458109; (10513934), 𝑁=212	−377276; (7904496), 𝑁=1229	213.08	0.000
Socioeconomic	−12985883; (8321021), 𝑁=240	−7072157; (13760942), 𝑁=211	−756019; (8462467), 𝑁=1231	194.67	0.000
Biophysical	−14304978; (8265848), 𝑁=240	−10822391; (17840793), 𝑁=198	−605034; (8013855), 𝑁=1236	257.83	0.000

(b) One-way ANOVA: scenario on total harvested hectares, by heavy, light, and combined

Total hectares	Baseline	Socioeconomic	Biophysical	Interaction effect
				F	𝜌
Heavy harvested	123.0; (73.2),; 𝑁=250	122.0; (75.7),; 𝑁=250	116.5 (52.6),; 𝑁=250	0.65	0.522
Light harvested	41.2; (38.5), 𝑁=250	37.0; (34.5), 𝑁=250	31.3; (32.9), 𝑁=250	4.98	0.007
Combined harvested	164.2; (76.6), 𝑁=250	159.0; (81.5), 𝑁=250	147.8; (66.3), 𝑁=250	3.14	0.044

(c) MANOVA: fiscal goal score change by scenario, run, year, action, and interactions (𝑛=2451)

	Interaction effect
	F	ρ
Scenario	17.988	0.000
Run	0.297	0.976
Year	23.763	0.000
Action	875.381	0.000
Scenario * action	7.319	0.000
Scenario * year	1.795	0.001
Year * action	14.536	0.000
Run * action	1.448	0.099

(d) MANOVA: total combined hectares harvested by scenario, year, and interactions (𝑛=336)

	Interaction effect
	𝐹	𝜌
Scenario	7.179	0.001
Year	33.415	0.000
Scenario * year	4.853	0.001