Table 4.
Characterization of microhabitat variables and physico-chemical characteristics of soil samples from natural breeding sites of phlebotomine sand flies
| Ecosystem, locality | Tropical humid forest | Tropical dry forest | Contrast test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Río Claro-El Aguacate | Sincelejo-Coraza | |||||||
| Physicochemical variable | Percentile | Percentile | ||||||
| Median | 25 | 75 | Median | 25 | 75 | U-MWhitney | p value | |
| 1. Relative humidity (%) | 93 | 90 | 95 | 89 | 79 | 93 | 36 | 0.017* |
| 2. Temperature (°C) | 27.4 | 27.0 | 28.7 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 82.5 | 0.6 |
| 3. Nitrogen (%) | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 73 | 0.4 |
| 4. Organic carbon (%) | 9.5 | 2.3 | 21.7 | 12.9 | 5.8 | 27.3 | 70 | 0.3 |
| 5. Carbon/Nitrogen | 12.6 | 6.3 | 34.4 | 20.3 | 12.6 | 35.1 | 69 | 0.3 |
| 6. pH | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 92 | 0.9 |
| 7. Water-holding capacity (%) | 98.9 | 56.2 | 184.8 | 114 | 77 | 150.8 | 77 | 0.5 |
| 8. Conductivity (uS/cm) | 761 | 289.1 | 1106.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 1113 | 62 | 0.2 |
| 9. Density (g/cm3) | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 72.5 | 0.4 |
Us/cm: Microsiemens per centimeter; g/cm 3 : Grams per cubic centimeter.
* Significantly statistical value.