Table 2 Environmental variables used as predictors (selected after multicollinearity and jackknife importance test)
From: MaxEnt-based modeling of suitable habitat for rehabilitation of Podocarpus forest at landscape-scale
Label | Variable | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
BIO2 | Mean diurnal range [mean of monthly (max-temp − min-temp)] | Degrees Celsius | Helps to assess species distribution in relation to diurnal temperature fluctuations |
BIO3 | Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) × 100 | Percent | Evaluates how large the day-to-night temperatures oscillates relative to annual temperature range |
BIO7 | Annual temperature range (Max temperature of warmest month minus Min temperature of coldest month) | Degrees Celsius | Enables to assess whether ranges of extreme temperature conditions affect the species’ distribution |
BIO17 | Precipitation of driest quarter | mm | Describes how precipitation amount during the driest quarter of the year may affect distribution of the species |
BIO18 | Precipitation of warmest quarter | mm | Helps to understand how the amount of precipitation during the warmest quarter of the year may affect distribution of the species |
BIO19 | Precipitation of coldest quarter | mm | Enables to characterize how the amount of precipitation during the coldest quarter may affect distribution of the species |
– | Elevation | Meters | Identifies the altitudinal range where the species could inhabit |
– | Slope | Degree | Describes whether the species’ distribution is affected by slope differences |