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Table 2 Distribution of aquatic habitats and anopheline-positive habitats in each land-use and land-cover type and percentage of aquatic habitats being correctly identified.

From: Landscape determinants and remote sensing of anopheline mosquito larval habitats in the western Kenya highlands

 

Dry season

Rainy season

No. aquatic habitats correctly identified in the dry season

Land-cover

No. habitat (percent)

No. anopheline-positive habitats (percent)

No. habitat (percent)

No. anopheline-positive habitats (percent)

Aerial photos (percent)

Landsat (percent)

Ikonos (percent)

Farmland

249 (37.0%)

123 (38.9%)

817 (42.7%)

402 (51.5%)

14 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

90 (36.3%)

Forest

55 (8.2%)

19 (6.0%)

107 (5.6%)

21 (2.7%)

2 (3.7%)

0 (0%)

24 (44.6%)

Pasture

87 (12.9%)

52 (16.5%)

481 (25.2%)

237 (30.4%)

20 (23.0%)

0 (0%)

45 (51.7%)

River/streams

133 (19.8%)

62 (19.6%)

87 (4.6%)

19 (2.4%)

26 (19.5%)

0 (0%)

53 (39.8%)

Road

3 (0.4%)

1 (0.3%)

147 (7.7%)

21 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Shrubs

38 (5.6%)

16 (5.1%)

145 (7.6%)

30 (3.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

8 (21.1%)

Swamp

108 (16.0%)

43 (13.6%)

127 (6.6%)

50 (6.4%)

16 (14.8%)

0 (0%)

53 (49.1%)

Total

673 (100%)

316 (100%)

1,911 (100%)

780 (100%)

78 (11.6%)

0 (0%)

273 (40.7%)