Extended Data Table 1 Variation in the rate of mosquito capture between years, localities and heights above ground

From: Windborne long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in the Sahel

  1. GLIMMIX models of random and fixed variables; total number of panels was 1,894. ***P = 0.001, **P = 0.01, *P = 0.05, NS, not significant (P > 0.05); NE, parameter could not be estimated.
  2. aThe negative-binomial-scale parameter estimates the k parameter of this distribution.
  3. bWhen estimating the effect of locality (Extended Data Fig. 1a), only three locations were considered (after pooling Dallowere and Thierola, which are only 20 km apart (Methods)).
  4. cThe significance of clustering by night (across locations) estimated as the only random effect (using subject statement) after finding insignificant variance components of year and location.
  5. dPeriods were March to May, June to July, August to October and November to December. The period of the highest panel density is shown, with its statistical significance.
  6. eThe heights of the panels were 40, 120 (90–120), 160, 190 and 250 (220–290) m above ground level; some heights were combined into ranges, owing to small sample sizes (nights) for particular altitudes.
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