Table 1 Data and Sources Used in This Study

From: Unveiling the factors influencing Sakya monastery distribution via interpretable machine learning

Data name

Time

Format

Data source

Tibetan Buddhist monastery

Historical period to present

Shapefile

Historical and Geographical Information Database of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries

Administrative divisions

2024

Shapefile

National Platform for Common GeoSpatial Information Services (https://www.tianditu.gov.cn/)

Digital Elevation Model (DEM/30 m)

2011

Raster

National Geomatics Center of China (https://www.webmap.cn)

Historical river and lake

1820

Shapefile

China Historical GIS (https://timespace-china.fudan.edu.cn)

Average annual temperature

1901

Raster

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (https://data.tpdc.ac.cn)

Average annual precipitation

1901

Raster

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (https://data.tpdc.ac.cn)

Historical villages and towns

1820

Shapefile

China Historical GIS (https://timespace-china.fudan.edu.cn)

Tea Horse Ancient Road route

1820

Shapefile

The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University (https://www.iq.harvard.edu/)

Historical population distribution

1820

ASCII

History Database of the Global Environment 3.3 (https://public.yoda.uu.nl/geo/UU01/67UHB4.html)