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. 2010 Aug 16;3:72. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-72

Table 9.

Evaluation statistics and the top five environmental/climatic variables selected by the BRT for the nine DVS in the Americas using presence data plus 500 pseudo-presences generated from within the EO boundary (weight = 0.5) and a 1000 km buffer area for generation of 5:1 pseudo-absence:presence at a 5 km resolution.

Species Evaluation Environmental variables
An. albimanus Deviance: 0.2739 1 LST (P1)
Correlation: 0.8278 2 DEM
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9683 3 Prec (P1)
Kappa: 0.7672 4 LST (mean)
5 LST (max)

An. albitarsis Deviance: 0.2919 1 Prec (A1)
Correlation: 0.8207 2 Prec (mean)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9613 3 DEM
Kappa: 0.7643 4 LST (A1)
5 NDVI (P1)

An. aquasalis Deviance: 0.3944 1 DEM
Correlation: 0.7458 2 Prec (P1)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9443 3 Prec (A2)
Kappa: 0.6386 4 LST (P1)
5 LST (max)

An. darlingi Deviance: 0.2763 1 Prec (max)
Correlation: 0.8351 2 LST (max)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9684 3 Prec (mean)
Kappa: 0.7902 4 LST (P2)
5 Prec (P2)

An. freeborni Deviance: 0.2932 1 Prec (P1)
Correlation: 0.8191 2 Prec (A1)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9666 3 Prec (max)
Kappa: 0.7573 4 DEM
5 LST (A1)

An. marajoara Deviance: 0.3354 1 Prec (P2)
Correlation: 0.7962 2 Prec (A1)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9482 3 LST (P2)
Kappa: 0.7219 4 NDVI (A1)
5 Prec (min)

Deviance: 0.3094 1 Prec (max)
An. nuneztovari Correlation: 0.8161 2 Prec (mean)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9555 3 LST (mean)
Kappa: 0.7633 4 Prec (A1)
5 LST (min)

An. pseudopunctipennis Deviance: 0.3567 1 LST (P1)
Correlation: 0.7682 2 DEM
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9432 3 Prec (P1)
Kappa: 0.6768 4 MIR (mean)
5 MIR (P1)

An. quadrimaculatus Deviance: 0.1237 1 Prec (min)
Correlation: 0.9271 2 Prec (mean)
Discrimination (AUC): 0.9904 3 Prec (P1)
Kappa: 0.9080 4 LST (A1)
5 DEM