Natural Breeding Places for Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Semiarid Region of Bahia State, Brazil

Table 3

Multiple-regression analysis among climate variables and sand flies yield from sampling of adults.

Variable	R²	R² (adjusted)	P value
Average temperature
1 week	43.6%	35.1%	0.016
2 weeks			0.134
3 weeks			0.964
Average rainfall (mm)
1 week	10.0%	0.0%	0.216
2 weeks			0.664
3 weeks			0.747
Average rainfall (days)
1 week	14.4%	1.5%	0.543
2 weeks			0.470
3 weeks			0.626
Average humidity
1 week	16.4%	3.9%	0.500
2 weeks			0.652
3 weeks			0.910