Table 1 Relative contributions of each predictor variable to the Amur leopard distribution model.

From: New hope for the survival of the Amur leopard in China

Predictor variable

Contribution (%)

Permutation importance

Occurrence probability of prey

50.0

56.1

Snow depth

15.7

19.5

Spruce-fir forest proportion

15.6

0.7

Distance to road

9.2

8.5

NDVI

4.2

8.6

Distance to village

3.3

5.4

Mixed Korean pine-deciduous forest proportion

1.9

1.2

Total predictor variables

100

100