Geographical Gradients in Argentinean Terrestrial Mammal Species Richness and Their Environmental Correlates

Table 1

Environmental, geographical, and spatial variables used for analysing the geographical gradients in terrestrial mammal species richness in the Argentinean provinces. SEVM: Spatial eigenvector mapping.

Environmental variables
MT: Mean annual temperature
HT: Mean temperature of the hottest month
CT: Mean temperature of the coldest month
TR: Annual temperature range
MP: Mean annual precipitation
PR: Annual precipitation range
MA: Mean altitude
AR: Altitude range
LR: Latitude range
SA: Surface area
Geographical variables
La: Mean latitude
Lo: Mean longitude
NNE-SSW: mean value in the NNE-SSW axis
Spatial variables
SF𝑖: Spatial Filters (SEVM)

(Source: [38]).