Table 2 Environmental variables for Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) and the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model: sources and applications.
Data type | Environmental variables (Unit) | Modelling usage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Climatic data | Bio3, Isothermality (-) | ENMs | |
Bio19, Precipitation of coldest quarter (℃) | ENMs | ||
Bio7, Temperature annual range (℃) | ENMs | ||
Bio1, Annual mean temperature (℃) | PLUS | ||
Bio12, Annual precipitation (mm) | PLUS | ||
Natural Environment data | Elevation (m) | ENMs, PLUS | Geospatial Data Cloud |
Aspect (°) | ENMs | ||
Slope (°) | ENMs | ||
Soil type (-) | PLUS | Resource and Environmental Science and Data Center https://www.resdc.cn/ | |
Distance to water (m) | ENMs, PLUS | ||
LULC (2000, 2010, 2020) (-) | ENMs, PLUS | GLOBELAND30 (http://www.globeland30.org/) | |
Human interference and socioeconomic data | Population density (persons/km2) | PLUS | Resource and Environmental Science and Data Center (2015) https://www.resdc.cn/ |
GDP (ten thousand Yuan/km2) | PLUS | ||
Nightlight (-) | ENMs, PLUS | ||
Farmland (m) | ENMs | ||
Distance to primary road (m) | PLUS | National Geomatic Center of China (2015) | |
Distance to the secondary road (m) | PLUS | ||
Distance to highway (m) | ENMs, PLUS | ||
Distance to railway (m) | PLUS | ||
Distance to prefectural center (m) | PLUS | ||
Distance to county center (m) | PLUS | ||
Distance to residential area (m) | PLUS |
