Table 1.
Ecuador | W Andes | E Andes | |
---|---|---|---|
Full model | 95.2 | 98.5 | 72.2 |
Significantly contributing variables in full model* | 2,7,5,6,9,12,15,16,18 | 1,4,5,6,7,8,16,18 | 1,5,6,9,11,12,14,16,17 |
Using contemporary environment | 90.5 | 98.4 | 71.5 |
Using geographic distance | 0 | 50.8 | 8.8 |
Using Andean barrier | 93.2 | – | – |
Using random variables | 9.1 | 19.4 | 28.0 |
Shown are percentages of total variation explained by models for the entire study region and the regions west and east of the Andes.
1 geographic distance; 2 Andean barrier; 3 elevation (SRTM); 4 elevation std (SRTMstd); 5 QSCATMean; 6 QSCATStd; 7 Treecover; 8 LAImax; 9 LAIrange; 10 Bio1; 11 Bio2; 12 Bio4; 13 Bio5; 14 Bio6; 15 Bio12; 16 Bio15; 17 Bio16; 18 Bio17; see Fig. S4 for the relative importance of each variable in the models.