Table 1. Environmental variables used for Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) for jaguar at Caatinga biome, Brazil.
Variables | Dataset name | Spatial Resolution | Year | Source |
Land cover | GlobCover Land Cover version v2.3 | 300 meters | 2009 | ESA GlobCover 2009 Project |
Elevation | Global elevation data | 30 arc-second | 2004 | NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
Distance from water | Gradient distance from vetor map from water | 1∶5,000,000 | 2004 | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) |
Bioclimatic variables | Bio1 = Annual mean temperature | 30 arc second | 2005 | Data layers from Worldclim global climate variables |
Bio2 = Mean diurnal range* | ||||
Bio5 = Max temperature of warmest month | ||||
Bio6 = Min temperature of coldest month | ||||
Bio12 = Annual precipitation | ||||
Bio13 = Precipitation of wettest month | ||||
Bio14 = Precipitation of driest month |
*mean of monthly (max temp - min temp).