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. 2019 Aug 14;13(8):e0007629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007629

Table 1. Bioclimatic, environmental and anthropogenic variables used for the different geographical models.

Model Category Variables Initial resolution
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio1) Annual Mean Temperature 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio2) Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp—min temp)) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio3) Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio4) Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation *100) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio5) Max Temperature of the Warmest Month 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio6) Min Temperature of the Coldest Month 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio7) Annual Temperature Range (bio5-bio6) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio8) Mean Temperature of the Wettest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio9) Mean Temperature of the Driest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio10) Mean Temperature of the Warmest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio11) Mean Temperature of the Coldest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio12) Annual Precipitation 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio13) Precipitation of the Wettest Month 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio14) Precipitation of the Driest Month 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio15) Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio16) Precipitation of the Wettest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio17) Precipitation of the Driest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio18) Precipitation of the Warmest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian—French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic (bio19) Precipitation of the Coldest Quarter 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
French Guiana Bioclimatic—Abiotic Cloud coverage 1 km
Amazonian—French Guiana Environmental—Abiotic Elevation (SRTM) 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
French Guiana Environmental—Abiotic Distance to a relief at least of 500 meters vector
French Guiana Environmental—Abiotic Distance to forest edge vector
French Guiana Environmental—Abiotic Distance to river courses vector
Amazonian—French Guiana Environmental—Biotic Aboveground biomass 1 km
Amazonian—French Guiana Environmental—Biotic Forest canopy height 0,6 mile (1 km)
French Guiana Environmental—Biotic Percentage of the cell covered by high forest vector
Amazonian Environmental—Biotic Richness in mammal species 30 arc-sec (~1 km)
Amazonian Anthropic—Biotic Population density 30 sec (~1 km)
Amazonian Anthropic—Biotic Poverty 1 km
Amazonian—French Guiana Anthropic—Biotic (HFP) Human footprint 30 sec (~1 km)
French Guiana Anthropic—Abiotic Density of tracks and road network vector