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Table 2 Summary for the terms tested from mosquito daily abundance

From: The mosquito electrocuting trap as an exposure-free method for measuring human-biting rates by Aedes mosquito vectors

Explanatory variable

Aedes aegypti

Culex quinquefasciatus

Males ♂

Females ♀

Males ♂

Females ♀

χ2

df

P

χ2

df

P

χ2

df

P

χ2

df

P

Sampling effort

3.38

1

0.07

1.95

1

0.16

0.31

1

0.58

15.91

1

< 0.001*

Trap type

2.18

1

0.14

0.60

1

0.44

0.95

1

0.33

1.5

1

0.22

Temperature

0.22

1

0.64

4.62

1

0.03*

0.06

1

0.8

6.86

1

< 0.01*

Relative humidity

1.14

1

0.29

2.17

1

0.14

1.23

1

0.27

1.1

1

0.29

Temperature × Humiditya

2.22

1

0.14

1.24

1

0.26

1.07

1

0.3

1.27

1

0.26

  1. *Significant values
  2. aFixed effect indicating interaction term
  3. Notes: Chi-square (χ2), degrees of freedom (df) and P-values (P) are provided for each sex within species