Table 1 Environmental layers acquired as candidate explanatory variables to predict the habitat suitability of Phlebotomus pedifer. CHELSA layers at 30 arc-seconds were downscaled and USGS slope and cliffs layers were resampled, all to a 250 m spatial resolution
Name | Explanation | Source | Original spatial resolution | Data range study area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tmean | Annual mean temperature (Bio1) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 8–34 °C |
Tmax | Maximum temperature of the warmest month (Bio5) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 14–45 °C |
Tmin | Minimum temperature of the coldest month (Bio6) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 2–31 °C |
PrecMean | Annual precipitation (Bio12) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 526–3216 mm |
PrecWet | Precipitation of the wettest month (Bio13) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 90–369 mm |
PrecDry | Precipitation of the driest month (Bio14) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 5–68 mm |
PrecSeas | Precipitation seasonality (Bio15) | CHELSA | 30 arcsec | 21–94% |
Slope | Hill slope calculated from elevation DEM | USGS | 30 m | 0–77% |
Cliffs | Ordinal categorical value for number of slopes exceeding 20% and 40% per pixel | USGS | 30 m | 1–9 |
EVImean | Average EVI from January 2017 until December 2019 (MOD13Q1) | USGS | 250 m | − 0.13–0.59 |
EVIdry | Average EVI for the dry season (January to March), MOD13Q1 | USGS | 250 m | − 0.99–0.60 |
EVIwet | Average EVI for the wet season (July to September) (MOD13Q1) | USGS | 250 m | − 0.16–0.70 |