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Table 5 Eco-geographical variables discriminating the most the environmental envelope of different An. gambiae s.l. taxa in Burkina Faso

From: Living at the edge: biogeographic patterns of habitat segregation conform to speciation by niche expansion in Anopheles gambiae

EGV

An. gambiae M vs. An. arabiensis

An. gambiae S vs. An. arabiensis

An. gambiae M vs. An. gambiae S

Climate

   RAIN

0.068

0.177

0.070

   SUN

-0.622

-0.513

0.294

   EVAPO

-0.109

-0.215

0.462

   TEMP

-0.262

-0.046

-0.048

Land Use

   OPEN

0.066

-0.328

0.509

   CROP

-0.249

-0.082

-0.042

   FARM

0.244

0.078

-0.275

   SHRUB

0.030

0.254

-0.392

   FOREST

0.413

0.312

-0.061

Topography

   POPPL

-0.143

-0.023

-0.064

   ROAD

-0.040

0.085

-0.003

   HYDRO

-0.049

-0.112

0.000

   ALT

0.370

0.580

-0.333

   SLOPE

-0.261

-0.016

-0.149

   ASPECT

0.033

-0.135

0.248

Eigenvalue

24.0

82.5

39.0

Explained variance

40%

57%

43%

  1. Coefficients of the first discriminant factor between the habitat characteristics of pairs of An. gambiae s.l. taxa. Positive values (≥0.2 in italics) indicate variables that favour the first species of the pair, negative values (≤ -0.2 in bold) those that are favourable to the second species of the pair.