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Table 2 Environmental variables used for species distribution modeling in MaxEnt

From: Predictive distribution modeling of Swertia bimaculata in Darjeeling-Sikkim Eastern Himalaya using MaxEnt: current and future scenarios

Variable abbreviation

Variable name

BIO1

Annual mean temperature

BIO2

Mean diurnal range

BIO3

Isothermality

BIO4

Temperature seasonality

BIO5

Max temperature of warmest month

BIO6

Min temperature of coldest month

BIO7

Temperature annual range

BIO8

Mean temperature of wettest quarter

BIO9

Mean temperature of driest quarter

BIO10

Mean temperature of warmest quarter

BIO11

Mean temperature of coldest quarter

BIO12

Annual precipitation

BIO13

Precipitation of wettest month

BIO14

Precipitation of driest month

BIO15

Precipitation seasonality

BIO16

Precipitation of wettest quarter

BIO17

Precipitation of driest quarter

BIO18

Precipitation of warmest quarter

BIO19

Precipitation of coldest quarter

ELEV

Altitude

ASP

Aspect

SLOPE

Slope