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Table 2 Ecological survey of brick-making pits

From: Field assessments in western Kenya link malaria vectors to environmentally disturbed habitats during the dry season

 

Use

N

Mean

Std. Deviation

t-statistic

p

Percent vegetation

Functional

15

0.27

0.46

-47.116

<0.001

 

Abandoned

15

94.27

7.71

  

Habitat age (months)

Functional

15

0.62

0.17

-5.734

<0.001

 

Abandoned

15

24.20

15.92

  

Predator biodiversity

Functional

15

5.13

2.36

-3.586

0.001

 

Abandoned

15

9.07

3.53

  

Average number of Anopheles/ dip (5 dips per pit)

Functional

15

2.87

2.04

3.402

0.002

 

Abandoned

15

0.91

0.90

  

Average number of Culex/dip

Functional

15

3.77

3.60

2.435

0.025

 

Abandoned

15

1.32

1.51

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