Table 1.

Set of variables pre-selected as predictors.

Anthropogenic variable
Population (pop)	Human population in 2011 within each grid cell
Population age (age)	Mean age of human population within each grid cell in years
Proportion of women (fem)	Mean proportion of women within each grid cell in percent
Region (east)	Grid cell within the federal states located in former political East Germany (0 = no, 1 = yes)
Environmental variable
Temperature (temp)	Mean temperature for March to November 2012 to 2017 in °C
Precipitation (preci)	Mean precipitation for March to November 2012 to 2017 in mm
Wind speed (wind)	Mean wind speed 10 m above ground 1981 to 2000 in m/s
Presence of water (water)	Standing water bodies, floodplains or wetlands in grid cell (0 = no, 1 = yes)