Fig. 1

a Thematic map displaying natural features (forests, shrubland and water) and anthropogenic features (bare soil, managed grassland and crops). Black dots indicate the location of dwellings visited during the sampling campaign conducted from 2018 to 2020. Dotted line squares illustrate the boundaries of the seven selected landscapes. b Additionally, a landscape taxonomy dendrogram plotted from similarity analysis using Ward’s method incorporates nine landscape metrics, accounting for composition and configuration. High, intermediate and low are indicated in the boxes. L1 Cachiyuyo, L2 Las Abras-Iglesia Vieja, L3 Hormigueros-Chañaritos, L4 El Simbolar-El Tropiezo-El Barreal-Palo Parado, L5 Huascha, L6 Jaime Peter, L7 San Nicolás de las Chacras-Los Churquis-El Bañado