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Table 3 Permutation importance of the environmental variables in the MaxEnt model

From: Environmental factors associated with the distribution of Loa loa vectors Chrysops spp. in Central and West Africa: seeing the forest for the trees

Variable

Permutation importance (%)

C. silacea

C. dimidiata

Annual mean temperature

13.1

35

Annual precipitation

48.8

25.4

Tree cover

23.3

22.9

Canopy height

14.8

16.6

  1. Note. Permutation importance depends only on the final MaxEnt model. The contribution for each variable is determined by randomly permuting the values of that variable among the training points (both presence and background) and measuring the resulting decrease in training AUC. Values are normalized to give percentages