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. 2021 Oct 23;14:547. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05051-3

Table 2.

Percent permutation importance of each environmental variable from Maxent models for each Culex species

Environmental variable Culex pipiens Culex restuans Culex salinarius Culex tarsalis Culex erraticus Culex nigripalpus Culex quinquefasciatus
Climate
 Annual mean temp. 26.7 4.8 6.5 6.6 0.0 1.3 2.9
 Temp. annual range 0.3 5.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0
 Mean diurnal temp. range 1.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.4
 Maximum temp. in the warmest month 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.5 0.0 0.3 8.9
 Minimum temp. in the coldest month 12.5 0.4 2.3 8.4 18.7 0.0 15.1
 Annual mean specific humidity 3.3 13.5 12.6 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Specific humidity in the most humid month 10.8 1.1 1.7 30.0 18.4 60.3 2.8
 Specific humidity in the least humid month 0.5 14.6 0.0 0.0 3.4 7.4 1.4
Land cover
 Evergreen/deciduous needleleaf trees 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 3.3 1.0
 Evergreen broadleaf trees 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.4 13.3
 Deciduous broadleaf trees 0.2 2.0 0.3 0.8 0.1 1.5 0.4
 Mixed/other trees 0.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 12.1 0.5 1.8
 Shrubs 0.0 1.9 2.4 0.0 2.1 0.7 4.9
 Herbaceous vegetation 0.1 12.1 0.8 0.1 10.1 0.5 2.0
 Cultivated and managed vegetation 12.3 2.0 30.2 27.2 13.8 1.6 3.2
 Regularly flooded vegetation 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Urban/built-up 25.6 1.2 21.9 12.4 5.7 0.8 14.1
 Snow/ice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0  < 0.1 0.0
 Barren 0.0  < 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
 Open water 0.4 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.6
Habitat
 Evenness of EVI 0.1 7.5 0.0 0.0 3.7 2.9 0.0
Topography
 Elevation 5.7 0.7 11.9 0.5 8.4 9.6 5.9
 Roughness index 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Slope 0.0 5.3 8.4 0.0 0.0 3.1 2.5
 Terrain ruggedness index 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.1

Temp. Temperature, EVI enhanced vegetation index