Geographic expansion of the introduced Aedes albopictus and other native Aedes species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 1 Environmental variables considered for modeling the Aedes albopictus distribution in DRC

Code	Variable	PI (%)	References
Bio1	Annual mean temperature		[29, 44, 51]
Bio2	Mean diurnal temperature range	42.7	[42, 46]
Bio4	Temperature seasonality		[40, 46]
Bio5	Maximum temperature of the warmest month	16.9	[40, 42, 44]
Bio6	Minimum temperature of the coldest month		[40, 44]
Bio7	Temperature annual range		[42]
Bio10	Mean temperature of the warmest quarter		[45, 47, 49, 50]
Bio11	Mean temperature of the coldest quarter		[43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52]
Bio12	Annual precipitation		[44, 52]
Bio13	Precipitation of the wettest month		[40, 42, 44, 48]
Bio14	Precipitation of the driest month		[41, 44, 46]
Bio15	Precipitation seasonality		[40]
Bio16	Precipitation of the wettest quarter		[43]
Bio17	Precipitation of the driest quarter		[43, 47, 53]
Bio18	Precipitation of the warmest quarter		[46, 51]
DEM	Digital elevation model		[51]
NDVI	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index		[29]
EVI	Enhanced Vegetation Index	40.4	[52]
	Dry season length		[55]

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