Table 1 List of covariates used in the Land Change Modeler and MaxEnt
Spatial Model | Covariates/Drivers [Sources] | Derived Layer(s) Used in Model Projections |
|---|---|---|
Land Change Modeler (LCM) | Land cover classification 2001 [38] | Distance from water bodies |
| Â | Land cover classification 2009 [38] | Distance from irrigated cropland |
| Â | Major roads and rivers [39] | Distance from roads |
MaxEnt | Mean monthly maximum and minimum temperature [40] | Current and future land cover projections from the LCM scenarios |
| Â | Mean monthly precipitation [40] | Annual range (maximum-minimum) of NDVI values |
| Â | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) [41] | Â |
| Â | An. arabiensis points [42] | Â |
|  | 16-day composites of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), 2001–2009 [38] |  |