Modeling of potential habitat suitability of Hippocamelus bisulcus: effectiveness of a protected areas network in Southern Patagonia

Table 1 Correlation indices among the variables included in the modeling of the habitat suitability of huemul

Variable	MINCM	AP	SLO	ASP	DR	NPP	DES	ED	TF
AMT	0.25	0.43	0.29	0.80	0.52	0.67	0.91	0.02	0.02
MINCM		0.59	0.51	0.54	0.38	0.35	0.30	0.14	0.09
AP			0.66	0.58	0.38	0.46	0.35	0.30	0.22
SLO				0.43	0.24	0.32	0.26	0.27	0.19
ASP					0.51	0.65	0.75	0.10	0.06
DR						0.33	0.49	0.01	0.00
NPP							0.54	0.31	0.30
DES								0.05	0.04
ED									0.54

AMT annual mean temperature (°C), MINCM minimum temperature of the coldest month (°C), AP mean annual precipitation (mm year⁻¹), SLO slope (%), ASP north–south aspect (cosine of degrees), DR distance to rivers (km), NPP net primary productivity (gr C m⁻² year⁻¹), DES desertification degree, ED forest edge density (m ha⁻¹), TF forest occurrence