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Table 2 Percentage climatic suitability of present-day and future conditions for An. gambiae

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

Suitability

Percentage area occupied [%] (Area occupied in Km2)

Present-day

CCSM4 RCP26

CCSM4 RCP85

GFDL-CM3 RCP26

GFDL-CM3 RCP85

Very low

6.73 (5363.76)

4.37 (3481.90)

5.88 (4682.30)

7.56 (6023.24)

9.93 (7913.74)

Low

11.56 (9210.72)

13.86 (11,040.71)

11.78 (9386.58)

13.58 (10,815.45)

13.66 (10,881.39)

Moderate

32.17 (25,631.73)

38.34 (30,543.76)

32.70 (26,049.40)

32.67 (26,027.42)

29.58 (23,565.36)

High

42.41 (33,787.28)

33.64 (26,797.41)

40.51 (32,270.78)

37.91 (30,204.11)

40.84 (32,534.27)

Very high

7.12 (5671.51)

9.79 (7801.22)

9.13 (7276.25)

8.28 (6594.78)

5.99 (4770.23)

Unsuitable (Very low to Low)

18.29 (14,574.47)

18.29 (14,574.47)

17.66 (14,068.87)

21.14 (16,838.68)

23.59 (18,795.14)

Suitable (Moderate to Very high)

81.71 (65,090.53)

81.77 (65,142.39)

82.34 (65,596.13)

78.86 (62,826.32)

76.41 (60,869.86)