Modelling the spatial and seasonal distribution of suitable habitats of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails using Maxent in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Table 2 Specifics and sources of the environmental data used for habitat suitability modelling

Variables	Data source	Resolution	Reference
Rainfall	UCSB	5 km	ftp://ftp.chg.ucsb.edu/pub/org/chg/products/CHIRPS-2.0/
T_max	USGS	1 km	http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/mod11.php
T_min	USGS	1 km	http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/mod11.php
Slope	NASA	1 km	http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm
Soil pH	ISRIC-WISE	1 km	http://www.isric.org
NDVI	USGS	250 m	http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/mod13.php
EVI	USGS	250 m	http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/mod13.php

Abbreviations: T _max maximum temperature, T _min minimum temperature, NDVI Normalised Difference Vegetation Index, EVI Enhanced Vegetation Index, UCSB University of California Santa Barbara, USGS United States Geological Survey, NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ISRIC-WISE International Soil Reference and Information Centre - World Inventory of Soil Emission Potentials

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