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Figure 5

From: Temporally consistent predominance and distribution of secondary malaria vectors in the Anopheles community of the upper Zambezi floodplain

Figure 5

Distribution of anopheline larvae across ecological zones after peak of 2019 wet season. Species identities assigned from matches to COI and/or ITS2 sequences from GenBank. (a–b) Species abundance across ecological zones. Ecological zones as per Fig. 1 and boxplot format as per Fig. 2. Ecological zones not sharing a letter are significantly different; lower case letters = independent samples median test; upper case letters = Kruskal–Wallis distribution test; stepwise step-down comparisons with adj p < 0.001. (c-e) Spatial distribution of species across ecological zones (see Fig. 1). Symbol area proportional to estimated total larvae of mapped species per transect point (product of total anopheline count and taxa proportions in subsample), standardized per ten dips. Map drawn in QGIS94 (v. 3.18.3-Zürich; https://www.qgis.org); basemap: ESRI Shaded Relief (2020).

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