Table 3 Driving factors for Nr loss.

From: Attribution and driving force of nitrogen losses from the Taihu Lake Basin by the InVEST and GeoDetector models

Category

Indicator

Abbreviations

Natural factors

Precipitation

PRE

Elevation

DEM

Slope

SLOPE

Soil type

SOIL

Fraction vegetation cover

FVC

River network density

RND

Socioeconomic factors

Population density

PPO

Gross domestic product

GDP

Land use and composition

Land use/land cover

LUCC

Cropland proportion

CLP

Forestland proportion

FLP

Building land proportion

BLP

Water area proportion

WAP

Landscape configuration

Contagion index50

CONTAG

Shannon’s Diversity index50

SHDI

Aggregation index50

AI

Effective Mesh Size index51

MESH

Back to article page