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

Ecological Processes

Table 5 Correlation indices among the variables used in the modelling of the potential habitat suitability of plant species in Santa Cruz Province. Significant correlation values (> 0.80) were identified with one asterisk

	MAXWM	MINCM	AP	ELE	DLK	DR	EVTP	NDVI
AMT	0.98*	− 0.25	0.43	0.32	0.63	0.61	0.96*	0.58
MAXWM	–	− 0.44	0.54	0.48	0.67	0.56	1.00*	0.66
MINCM		–	− 0.59	− 0.85*	− 0.41	0.03	− 0.49	− 0.55
AP			–	0.69	0.39	0.22	0.56	0.51
ELE				–	0.45	0.09	0.53	0.45
DLK					–	0.34	0.68	0.43
DR						–	0.55	0.19
EVTP							–	0.67

AMT annual mean temperature (°C), MAXWM maximum temperature of the warmest month (°C), MINCM = min temperature of the coldest month (°C), AP annual precipitation (mm year⁻¹), ELE elevation (m.a.s.l.), DLK distance to lakes (km), DR distance to rivers (km), EVTP global potential evapotranspiration (mm year⁻¹), NDVI normalized difference vegetation index