Table 9

Evaluation statistics and the top five environmental/climatic variables selected by the BRT for the nine DVS in the Americas using presence data plus 500 pseudo-presences generated from within the EO boundary (weight = 0.5) and a 1000 km buffer area for generation of 5:1 pseudo-absence:presence at a 5 km resolution.

Species

Evaluation

Environmental variables

An. albimanus

Deviance:

0.2739

1

LST (P1)

Correlation:

0.8278

2

DEM

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9683

3

Prec (P1)

Kappa:

0.7672

4

LST (mean)

5

LST (max)

An. albitarsis

Deviance:

0.2919

1

Prec (A1)

Correlation:

0.8207

2

Prec (mean)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9613

3

DEM

Kappa:

0.7643

4

LST (A1)

5

NDVI (P1)

An. aquasalis

Deviance:

0.3944

1

DEM

Correlation:

0.7458

2

Prec (P1)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9443

3

Prec (A2)

Kappa:

0.6386

4

LST (P1)

5

LST (max)

An. darlingi

Deviance:

0.2763

1

Prec (max)

Correlation:

0.8351

2

LST (max)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9684

3

Prec (mean)

Kappa:

0.7902

4

LST (P2)

5

Prec (P2)

An. freeborni

Deviance:

0.2932

1

Prec (P1)

Correlation:

0.8191

2

Prec (A1)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9666

3

Prec (max)

Kappa:

0.7573

4

DEM

5

LST (A1)

An. marajoara

Deviance:

0.3354

1

Prec (P2)

Correlation:

0.7962

2

Prec (A1)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9482

3

LST (P2)

Kappa:

0.7219

4

NDVI (A1)

5

Prec (min)

Deviance:

0.3094

1

Prec (max)

An. nuneztovari

Correlation:

0.8161

2

Prec (mean)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9555

3

LST (mean)

Kappa:

0.7633

4

Prec (A1)

5

LST (min)

An. pseudopunctipennis

Deviance:

0.3567

1

LST (P1)

Correlation:

0.7682

2

DEM

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9432

3

Prec (P1)

Kappa:

0.6768

4

MIR (mean)

5

MIR (P1)

An. quadrimaculatus

Deviance:

0.1237

1

Prec (min)

Correlation:

0.9271

2

Prec (mean)

Discrimination (AUC):

0.9904

3

Prec (P1)

Kappa:

0.9080

4

LST (A1)

5

DEM

Sinka et al. Parasites & Vectors 2010 3:72   doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-72