Table 1. Environmental variables used for modeling.
Source | Category | Variable | Abbreviation | Unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
USGS | Topographic | Elevation | elevation | m |
Aspect | aspect | Degree | ||
Slope | slope | Degree | ||
GEOFABRIK | Distance to water | dist_water | m | |
MODIS | Vegetation-related | Mean EVI | evimean | Dimensionless |
Maximum EVI | evimax | Dimensionless | ||
Minimum EVI | evimin | Dimensionless | ||
Standard deviation of EVI | evisd | Dimensionless | ||
GFC | Forest | forest | Dimensionless | |
GEOFABRIK | Anthropogenic | Distance to livestock shelter | dist_goth | m |
Distance to motor road | dist_motor | m | ||
Distance to path | dist_path | m | ||
ICIMOD | Land use/land cover | landcover | m |