Table 2.
Risk factors and their relative importance, grouped by variable types
| Variable type | Variable (group)* | Importance (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrology and habitat | Distance to lake | 24.4 |
| Distance to river | 10.6 | |
| Weighted N. water ponds | 9.2 | |
| Weighted N. habitats, dry season | 8.6 | |
| Weighted N. habitats, rainy season | 6.9 | |
| N. water ponds | 3.0 | |
| Subtotal | 62.7 | |
| Ground and soil property | Ground surface roughness | 7.9 |
| Valley bottom flatness | 5.0 | |
| Soil coarse fragments volumetric | 2.7 | |
| Soil water capacity | 1.7 | |
| Subtotal | 17.3 | |
| Vegetation coverage | EVI, February | 1.2 |
| EVI, May | 3.7 | |
| EVI, December | 3.3 | |
| NDVI, April | 1.2 | |
| NDVI, May | 1.3 | |
| NDVI, September | 1.8 | |
| NDVI, October | 2.8 | |
| Subtotal | 15.3 | |
| Others | No. of nets per household | 2.6 |
| Land surface temperature daytime, February | 2.2 |
EVI = enhanced vegetation index; NDVI = normalized difference vegetation index.