Table 2.
Results of the 30 runs of the models with individual variables excluded in turn
| % Contribution in model development | Jackknife test (based on training gain) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excluded variable | Test AUC | Standard deviation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| None | 0.819 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Annual mean temperature (Bio_1) | 0.818 | 0.0330 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Mean diurnal range (Bio_2) | 0.820 | 0.0329 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Isothermality (Bio_3) | 0.821 | 0.0327 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Temperature seasonality (Bio_4) | 0.819 | 0.0331 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Max temperature of warmest month (Bio_5) | 0.819 | 0.0330 | bio18 | bio18 | NDWI |
| Min temperature of coldest month (Bio_6) | 0.819 | 0.0332 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Temperature annual range (Bio_7) | 0.820 | 0.0329 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Mean temperature of wettest quarter (Bio_8) | 0.819 | 0.0329 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Mean temperature of driest quarter (Bio_9) | 0.820 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Mean temperature of warmest quarter (Bio_10) | 0.819 | 0.0330 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Mean temperature of coldest quarter (Bio_11) | 0.819 | 0.0329 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Annual precipitation (Bio_12) | 0.820 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation of wettest month (Bio_13) | 0.818 | 0.0330 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation of driest month (Bio_14) | 0.820 | 0.0325 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation seasonality (Bio_15) | 0.812 | 0.0337 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation of wettest quarter (Bio_16) | 0.820 | 0.0327 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation of driest quarter (Bio_17) | 0.819 | 0.0329 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Precipitation of warmest quarter (Bio_18) | 0.814 | 0.0331 | GST | bio13 | LST |
| Precipitation of coldest quarter (Bio_19) | 0.819 | 0.0330 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Soil drainage | 0.814 | 0.033 | bio18 | bio18 | GST |
| General soil type (GST) | 0.811 | 0.0342 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Soil moisture | 0.820 | 0.0327 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Soil reaction | 0.820 | 0.0327 | bio18 | bio18 | NDWI |
| Land use/land cover category (LULC) | 0.820 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) | 0.822 | 0.0321 | bio18 | bio18 | NDWI |
| Normalized difference water index (NDWI) | 0.813 | 0.0334 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Topographic wetness index (TWI) | 0.819 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
| Land surface temperature (LST) | 0.813 | 0.0328 | bio18 | bio18 | NDWI |
| Elevation | 0.820 | 0.0327 | bio18 | bio18 | LST |
Italicized variables are considered to have contributed most to the model development