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Table 1 Environmental variables used for the study

From: Potential distribution of the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles [Diptera: Culicidae] in Southwest Nigeria under current and future climatic conditions

Variable

Interpretation

Bio 1

Annual Mean Temperature

Bio 2

Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp—min temp))

Bio 3

Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (* 100)

Bio 4

Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation *100)

Bio 5

Max Temperature of Warmest Month

Bio 6

Min Temperature of Coldest Month

Bio 7

Temperature Annual Range (BIO5-BIO6)

Bio 8

Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter

Bio 9

Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter

Bio 10

Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter

Bio 11

Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter

Bio 12

Annual Precipitation

Bio 13

Precipitation of Wettest Month

Bio 14

Precipitation of Driest Month

Bio 15

Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation)

Bio 16

Precipitation of Wettest Quarter

Bio 17

Precipitation of Driest Quarter

Bio 18

Precipitation of Warmest Quarter

Bio 19

Precipitation of Coldest Quarter