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Table 1 Data sources of environmental predictors used in species distribution models

From: Modeling the distribution of the West Nile and Rift Valley Fever vector Culex pipiens in arid and semi-arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa

Variable code

Data type

Date

Source res

Data source

Bio1

Annual mean temperature

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio2

Mean diurnal range

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio3

Isothermality

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio4

Temperature seasonality

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio5

Maximum temperature of the warmest month

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio6

Minimum temperature of the coldest month

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio7

Temperature annual range

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio8

Mean temperature of the wettest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio9

Mean temperature of the driest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio10

Mean temperature of the warmest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio11

Mean temperature of the coldest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio12

Annual precipitation

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio13

Precipitation of the wettest month

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio14

Precipitation of the driest month

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio15

Precipitation seasonality

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio16

Precipitation of the wettest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio17

Precipitation of the driest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio18

Precipitation of the warmest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

Bio19

Precipitation of the coldest quarter

1960-1990

30 arc sec

WorldClim1

EVIMAX

Maximum EVI

2001

250 m

MODIS2

EVIMEAN

Average annual EVI

2001

250 m

MODIS2

EVISD

Standard deviation of EVI

2001

250 m

MODIS2

Population

Population count

2010

30 arc sec

Landscan3

TWI

Topographical wetness index

2000

90 m

GLSDEM4

  1. 1WorldClim Global Climate database v1.4, available at :http://www.worldclim.org/ {accessed 28/8/2013}.
  2. 2Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS), available at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/ {accessed 28/8/2013}.
  3. 3LandScan (2010)â„¢ High Resolution global Population Data Set copyrighted by UT-Battelle, LLC, operator of Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the United States Department of Energy.
  4. 4Global Land Survey Digital Elevation Model (GLSDEM), available at: http://www.glcf.umd.edu/data/glsdem/ {accessed 28/8/2013} (Input elevation data set to GLSDEM for study area is Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)).
  5. Data sources of environmental predictors used in construction of species distribution models. All layers were gridded to 926.63 m spatial resolution and projected into the MODIS sinusoidal projection.