Table 2.

Comparison of selected model with models incorporating fewer or additional environmental variables

Variables	Model AIC	Delta-AIC
Precipitation, temperature, NDVI and presence of a plantation	649	–
Precipitation, temperature, NDVI, presence of a plantation and soil sand content	650	1
Precipitation, temperature, NDVI, presence of a plantation and soil pH (logged)	651	2
Precipitation, NDVI and presence of a plantation	651	2
Precipitation, temperature and presence of a plantation	651	2
Precipitation, temperature, NDVI, presence of a plantation and soil grain size (2nd-order polynomial)	652	3
Temperature, NDVI and presence of a plantation	654	5
Precipitation, temperature, and NDVI	661	32

Note: Transformations of precipitation, temperature and NDVI as in Table 1.