Table 3.
Average percent contribution and permutation importance of the variables used in the modeling of An. coluzzii, An. gambiae and An. arabiensis distribution.
| Variable | Percent contribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| An. coluzzii | An. gambiae | An. Arabiensis | |
| Precipitation of the Coldest Quarter | 25.2a | 10.1f | 31.1b |
| Annual Mean Temperature | 22.1b | 16.6a | 13c |
| Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter | 13.7c | 3.9h | 36.3a |
| Isothermality (BIO/BIO7) (*100) | 11.9d | 14.6c | 4.9e |
| Precipitation of the Wettest Month | 8.4e | 12.7d | 0.3h |
| Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp -min temp) | 5f | 16.1b | 1.4g |
| Aspect | 4.5g | 3.1i | 4f |
| Precipitation of the Driest Month | 3.3h | 11.3e | 0.3h |
| Elevation | 2.8i | 8g | 8.5d |
| Hillshade | 2.3j | 1.5k | 0.1k |
| Slope | 1k | 2j | 0.2j |
Superscripts (alphabets) are assigned to each value in a column in descending order of percentage contributions, such that value with superscript a connotes the environmental variable with the highest contribution and value with superscript k is the environmental variable with the lowest contribution of each of the sibling species.