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

Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Peri, Pablo L.; Huertas Herrera, Alejandro; Pastore, Hernán; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo

doi:10.1186/s13717-017-0096-2

Ecological Processes

Table 7 Explanatory variables used in modeling potential habitat suitability of huemul

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

Category	Description	Code	Unit	Data source
Climate	Mean annual temperature	AMT	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean diurnal range	MDR	°C	WorldClim^a
	Isothermality	ISO	%	WorldClim^a
	Temperature seasonality	TS	°C	WorldClim^a
	Max temperature of warmest month	MAXWM	°C	WorldClim^a
	Min temperature of coldest month	MINCM	°C	WorldClim^a
	Temperature annual range	TAR	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean temperature of wettest quarter	MTWEQ	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean temperature of driest quarter	MTDQ	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean temperature of warmest quarter	MTWAQ	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean temperature of coldest quarter	MTCQ	°C	WorldClim^a
	Mean annual precipitation	AP	mm year⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of wettest month	PWEM	mm month⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of driest month	PDM	mm month⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation seasonality	PS	%	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of wettest quarter	PWEQ	mm quarter⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of driest quarter	PDQ	mm quarter⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of warmest quarter	PWAQ	mm quarter⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Precipitation of coldest quarter	PCQ	mm quarter⁻¹	WorldClim^a
	Global potential evapo-transpiration	EVTP	mm year⁻¹	CSI^b
	Global aridity index	GAI		CSI^b
Topography	Elevation	ELE	m.a.s.l.	DEM^c
	Slope	SLO	%	DEM^c
	Aspect	ASP	Cosine	DEM^c
	Aspect	ASP	Sine	DEM^c
	Distance to locality	DL	km	SIT Santa Cruz^d
	Distance to lakes	DWD	km	SIT Santa Cruz^d
	Distance to rivers	DR	km	SIT Santa Cruz^d
	Distance to routs	DW	km	SIT Santa Cruz^d
Landscape	Forest edge density	ED	m ha⁻¹	Forest map/Fragstats^e
	Total core area	TCA	ha	Forest map/Fragstats^e
	Large parch index	LPI	%	Forest map/Fragstats^e
	Normalized difference vegetation index	NDVI		MODIS^f
	Net primary productivity	NPP	gr C m⁻² year⁻¹	MODIS^g
	Desertification	DES	Degree	CENPAT^h
	Total forest	TF	Occurrence	Forest map^d
	Total mixed forests	TMF	Occurrence	Forest map^d
	Total N. pumilio	TNP	Occurrence	Forest map^d
	Total N. antarctica	TNA	Occurrence	Forest map^d
	Total Nothofagus betuloides	TNB	Occurrence	Forest map^d

^aHijmans et al. (2005)
^bConsortium for Spatial Information (CSI) (Zomer et al. 2008)
^cFarr et al. (2007)
^dSIT - Santa Cruz (http://spm.sitsantacruz.gob.ar/)
^eMcGarigal et al. (2012)
^fORNL DAAC (2008)
^gZhao and Running (2010)
^hDel Valle et al. (1998)

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