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Table 3 Model evaluation statistics for the habitat suitability maps of five major malaria vectors in Cameroon.

From: Habitat suitability and ecological niche profile of major malaria vectors in Cameroon

 

AVI1

CVI2

Boyce's index continuous3

Boyce Index B44

An.gambiae

0.46 ± 0.13

0.38 ± 0.13

0.67 ± 0.33

1

An.funestus

0.50 ± 0.17

0.42 ± 0.16

0.60 ± 0.29

1

An.arabiensis

0.43 ± 0.17

0.34 ± 0.17

0.24 ± 0.29

0.88 ± 0.10

An.moucheti

0.59 ± 0.39

0.55 ± 0.38

0.28 ± 0.54

0.68 ± 0.54

An.nili

0.53 ± 0.32

0.49 ± 0.32

0.21 ± 0.48

0.81 ± 0.24

  1. Higher mean values indicate higher consistency with the evaluation data sets. The lower the standard deviation, the more robust the predictions.
  2. 1 AVI varies from 0 to 1; 2 CVI varies from 0 to AVI; 3 Boyce's indices vary from -1 to 1, with 0 indicating a random model.