Table 1 Variables selected for modeling.

From: Mapping habitat suitability for Asiatic black bear and red panda in Makalu Barun National Park of Nepal from Maxent and GARP models

Category

Variables

Abbreviation

Unit

Source

Bioclimatic variables

Annual Mean Temperature

bio1

Degree C

WORLDCLIM

Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp − min temp))

bio2

Degree C

Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) × 100

bio3

Percentage

Precipitation of Driest Month

boi14

mm

Precipitation of Driest Quarter

bio17

mm

Precipitation of Coldest Quarter

bio19

mm

Topographic

Elevation

Elev

m

JAXA

Aspect

Aspect

Degree

Slope

Slope

Degree

Distance to water

dis-water

m

GEOFABRIK

Vegetation Related

Forest Cover

FC

Percentage

Global Forest Change

Anthropogenic

Distance to Settlement

dis-sett

m

DNPWC

Distance to path

dis-path

m

GEOFABRIK

Land cover

Catalogs of land cover

LC

–

By calculation