Table 2 Estimated the variable coefficients with standard errors and the proportion of the study area covered by each variable. Grasslands and pastures is the reference land cover class and thus it does not have an estimated coefficient nor standard error

Unsuitable areas

–

−6.13

0.42

3.85%

Intensive crops

–

−2.70

0.39

5.42%

Extensive crops

–

−3.93

0.31

13.48%

Lowland olive groves

–

1.21

0.19

14.80%

Mountain olive groves

–

2.35

0.19

4.16%

Grasslands and Pastures

–

–

–

13.31%

Shrublands

–

2.98

0.28

5.00%

Coniferous trees

<  5%

2.64

0.35

1.71%

5–25%

1.60

0.32

1.79%

26–50%

0.56

0.31

1.44%

51–75%

−0.10

0.42

0.84%

Broadleaved trees

<  5%

1.89

0.21

16.50%

5–25%

1.97

0.21

10.85%

26–50%

1.74

0.28

4.01%

51–75%

0.20

0.47

1.09%

High-traffic roads

–

−29.68

2.79

0.49%

Low-traffic roads

–

−48.90

2.55

1.27%

AUC normal cross-validation

0.89

AUC spatial cross-validation

0.87