Table 1. Table shows test statistic (t) and significance values from paired t-tests comparing mean of distance ratios of land cover types with a vector of 1s, and relative rankings of the variables.

aVariable	bRatio	t	Sig (≤ 0.05)	cRank
plough	1.15	1.09	0.29	B
plant	1.39	1.19	0.25	B
grass	0.16	-9.57	<0.001*	A
fallow	0.86	-0.55	0.59	B
crop	1.71	1.04	0.31	B
built-up	0.97	-0.92	0.37	B
road	0.85	-2.04	0.05*	B

^aplough = ploughed-land, plant = plantation, grass = grassland, fallow = fallow-land, crop = agricultural-land, built-up = built-up areas, road = roads

^bRatio = Mean of distance ratios of land cover types and roads

^cRank = Relative ranking of variables based on paired t-tests between variables, same letters indicate no significant difference (P > 0.05) in preference among variables

^*indicates a significant difference from 1