Movement of leopard tortoises in response to environmental and climatic variables in a semi-arid environment

Table 1 Habitat and resource groupings used in the current study

Land cover layer classification	Updated classification	Additional layers	Resource categories
Water seasonal	Water seasonal	-	Water
Water permanent	Water permanent	-	Water
Wetlands	Wetlands	-	Food
Thicket/Dense bush	Dense bush	-	Food
Woodlan/Open bush	Open bush	-	Food
Grassland	Grassland	-	Food
Low shrubland	Low shrubland	-	None
Cultivated comm fields (high)	Cultivated commercial fields	-	Food
Cultivated comm fields (med)	Cultivated commercial fields	-	Food
Cultivated comm fields (low)	Cultivated commercial fields	-	Food
Bare none vegetated	Non-vegetated	-	None
-	-	Manmade water source points	Water
-	-	Inland water areas	Water

(Habitat classifications were from 2014 South Africa land cover layer, GEOTERRAIMAGE (Pretoria, South Africa). Additional layers include manmade water source points and inland water areas from a 1:50,000 topographical map of South Africa. Resource categories are based on expected access to increased food resources and water.)

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