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

Table 4

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

Variable	R²	R²(adjusted)	𝑃 value
Average temperature	9.5%	0.0%
1 week			0.740
2 weeks			0.825
3 weeks			0.895
Average rainfall (mm)	1.4%	0.0%
1 week			0.903
2 weeks			0.938
3 weeks			0.845
Average rainfall (days)	9.7%	0.0%
1 week			0.579
2 weeks			0.253
3 weeks			0.640
Average humidity	13.5%	0.5%
1 week			0.535
2 weeks			0.422
3 weeks			0.626