Table 1 Land use classes utilized in the species distribution models.

From: The spreading of the invasive sacred ibis in Italy

N

Italy—land class

N

NW Italy—land class

1

Urban

1

Urban

2

Arable land

2

Arable land

3

Permanently irrigated

3

Non irrigated

4

Rice fields

4

Permanently irrigated

5

Heterogeneous agricultural

5

Rice fields

6

Vineyards, Fruits, Olive

6

Vineyard, Orchards

7

Pastures

7

Broad-lived

8

Broad-lived

8

Pastures

9

Mixed forests

9

Poplar

10

Coniferous

10

Acacia

11

Scrub

11

Coniferous

12

Grassland

12

Grassland

13

Open no vegetation

13

Scrub

14

Wetlands

14

Open no vegetation

15

Water

15

River beds

  

16

Wetlands

  

17

Water

  1. For all of Italy land classes obtained from CORINE 2006 at 1:100,000 scale, and for NW Italy land classes obtained from PTF at 1:10,000 scale.