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. 2016 Jul 1;11(7):e0158203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158203

Table 3. Variable importance (%) ranking by the nine distribution methods (see the methods section for abbreviations) with respect to the ensemble prediction (EP).

Variables Model
EP RF BRT GAM CTA FDA MARS MAXENT GLM ANN
Grasslands 0.007 0.001 0.000 0.049 0.000 0.020 0.038 0.046 0.000 0.000
Poplar plantations 0.012 0.000 0.006 0.050 0.000 0.023 0.060 0.047 0.018 0.008
Human settlements 0.014 0.001 0.000 0.117 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.078 0.029 0.000
Woodlands 0.021 0.028 0.004 0.016 0.000 0.535 0.940 0.449 0.044 0.025
Cultivated fields 0.022 0.139 0.003 0.025 0.000 0.000 0.295 0.298 0.005 0.063
Distance to human settlements 0.030 0.052 0.028 0.127 0.000 0.050 0.062 0.105 0.047 0.365
Human population density 0.085 0.098 0.167 0.099 0.100 0.000 0.093 0.171 0.104 0.162
Distance to roads 0.107 0.096 0.060 0.178 0.135 0.020 0.032 0.141 0.032 0.232
Habitat Shannon Diversity Index 0.112 0.073 0.069 0.167 0.179 0.000 0.000 0.123 0.257 0.282
Distance to woods 0.378 0.214 0.440 0.409 0.600 0.000 0.000 0.267 0.073 0.223
Distance to watercourses 0.381 0.446 0.384 0.291 0.590 0.378 0.552 0.517 0.194 0.178