Table 3 Summary of relative variable importance of the selected factors.

From: Distribution update of water deer (Hydropotes inermis) and prediction of their potential distribution in Northeast China

Factors

Relative variable importance (%)

Annual precipitation

13.00

Elevation

20.40

NDVI

23.90

Distance to road

6.30

Slope

3.60

Slope direction

3.50

Distance to water source

3.50