Table 4.

List of the top 10 most important variables in the occurrence model

Rank	Variables
1	DEM
2	CMORPH precipitation, phase of bi-annual cycle
3	CMORPH precipitation, phase of annual cycle
4	Worldclim precipitation, phase of annual cycle
5	Worldclim precipitation, proportion of total variance due to annual cycle
6	MIR, phase of annual cycle
7	NTLS temperature, minimum value
8	DTLS temperature, amplitude of annual cycle
9	NDVI mean
10	CMORPH precipitation, maximum value

The lowest ranking number indicates the most important variable (e.g., rank = 1 is the most important variable). The ranking is based on the mean decrease in Gini index.