Spatial distribution modelling of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges, potential vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in Senegal

Table 2 The 10 most important predictors according to GLM model, indicated by the variable importance (VarImp) for the five Culicoides species of veterinary interest

C. oxystoma		C. enderleini		C. imicola		C. miombo		C. bolitinos
Predictors	VarImp	Predictor	VarImp	Predictor	VarImp	Predictor	VarImp	Predictor	VarImp
AvRain^a	83	MaxNDVI^a	100	AvRain^a	74	MaxNDVI^a	100	MaxNDVI^a	72
MaxNDVI^a	74	AvRain^a	64	MinNDVI^a	58	MinNDVI^a	98	AvHost^a	64
MinDlst^a	62	MinNDVI^a	58	MaxNDVI	34	MaxNlst^a	87	lcSavanha^a	63
MaxNlst^a	57	MaxNlst	39	MaxNlst	32	MinDlst^a	68	MaxDlst	47
MinNlst	37	MinNlst	33	MinDlst	32	AvHost	37	MaxNlst	36
lcWater	35	MaxRain	28	lcWater	28	AvRain	36	avDlst	30
MinNDVI	22	lcWater	17	avNlst	27	AvDlst	21	lcForest	16
MaxRain	18	AvDlst	13	avDlst	27	MaxRain	15	lcWater	14
AvDlst	14	lcForest	11	AvHost	25	AvRain	12	AvRain	10
AvHost	12	MinDlst	8	MaxRain	23	lcWater	8	MinDlst	6

Abbreviations: AV average, Min minimum, Max maximum, Dlst day land surface temperature, Nlst night land surface temperature, lc landcover, NDVI normalized difference vegetation index, Host livestock density
^a Predictors for which VarImp are greater than 50%

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