Table 4. Results from the final GAMM model describing the predicted impacts of the climatic variables on the nightly abundance of Anopheles species.

Response variable	Independent Variable	Relative Risk * (95%CI)	ΔDev	p-value
Anopheles arabiensis	Mean night temperature	1.11 (0.92 – 1.34)	18.4	0.272
	Mean night humidity	0.58 (0.37 – 0.90)	103.2	0.016
	Rainfall on the capture day	1.16 (1.04 – 1.30)	78.5	0.007
	Aggregated rainfall 2 to 3 weeks	1.13 (1.00 – 1.28)	58.9	0.049
	Aggregated rainfall 3 to 4 weeks	1.31 (1.16 – 1.48)	141.2	<0.001
	Density dependence covariates	1.31 (1.10 – 1.56)	28.5	0.003
Anopheles funestus	Mean night temperature	1.66 (1.24 – 2.23)	2.95	<0.001
	Mean night humidity	1.55 (1.17 – 2.07)	1.6	0.003
	Rainfall on the capture day	1.26 (1.06 – 1.50)	24.7	<0.001
	Aggregated rainfall 1 to 2 weeks	0.81 (0.67 – 1.01)	1.3	0.059
	Aggregated rainfall 3 to 4 weeks	1.43 (1.18 – 1.74)	6.7	<0.001
	Density dependence variable	2.76 (1.88 – 4.03)	21.6	<0.001

*Relative Risk of greater than 1 indicated a positive association whereas less than 1 indicates a negative association.