Improving the knowledge of plant potential biodiversity-ecosystem services links using maps at the regional level in Southern Patagonia

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Variables used to analyse the map of potential biodiversity of vascular plant species in Santa Cruz Province

Type	Variables	Code	Unit	Data source
Environmental variables	Annual mean temperature	AMT	°C	WorldClim⁽¹⁾
	Max temperature of the warmest month	MAXWM	°C	WorldClim⁽¹⁾
	Min temperature of the coldest month	MINCM	°C	WorldClim⁽¹⁾
	Annual precipitation	AP	mm year⁻¹	WorldClim⁽¹⁾
	Elevation	ELE	m.a.s.l.	DEM⁽²⁾
	Distance to lakes	DLK	km	SIT Santa Cruz⁽³⁾
	Distance to rivers	DR	km	SIT Santa Cruz⁽³⁾
	Global potential evapotranspiration	EVTP	mm year⁻¹	CSI⁽⁴⁾
	Normalized difference vegetation index	NDVI	Addimensional	MODIS⁽⁵⁾
	Ecological areas		Categories	Oliva et al. (2004)
Ecosystem services proxies	Soil organic carbon	SOC	kg m⁻²	Peri et al. (2018)
	Soil total nitrogen	STN	kg m⁻²	Peri et al. (2019b)
	Annual net primary productivity	ANPP	gr C m² year⁻¹	MODIS⁽⁶⁾
	Desertification	DES	Addimensional	Del Valle et al. (1998)
	Sheep presence probability	SPP	SPP km⁻²	Pedrana et al. (2010)
	Aesthetic values	AES	Addimensional	Martínez Pastur et al. (2016b)
	Existence values	EXS	Addimensional	Martínez Pastur et al. (2016b)
	Local identity values	LI	Addimensional	Martínez Pastur et al. (2016b)
	Recreational values	REC	Addimensional	Martínez Pastur et al. (2016b)