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Table 3 Rank in importance of environmental variables (ranked from top to bottom)

From: A potential distribution map of wintering Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain, China

Variables

Description

Contribution (%)

Elevation

Elevation from sea level (m)

30.9

Bio14

Precipitation of driest month (mm)

21.6

Bio3

Isothermality: (Mean diurnal range/Temperature annual range) × 100

16.5

NDVI10

NDVI in October

11.9

Accessibility

Distance from the road network to the center point of each grid

3.9

Slope

Slope of geological formation (%)

3.8

NDVI02

NDVI in February

3.2

Bio15

Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)

2.9

Bio6

Minimum temperature of coldest month (°C)

2.7

Bio4

Temperature seasonality

1.4

Bio2

Mean diurnal range: monthly mean (°C)

1.2