Pathogen-Host Associations and Predicted Range Shifts of Human Monkeypox in Response to Climate Change in Central Africa
Figure 4
Variable importance of Maxent models of MPXV occurrence.
Results are shown for a model that included reservoir species based on climate and remote sensing variables with all ‘features’ allowed (auto features, i.e. linear and quadratic coefficients can be used for each predictor, as well as step functions and interactions) (top panel), and a model that included only the reservoir species, based on climate variables, and with only linear ‘features’ (i.e. only linear coefficients are used for each predictor) allowed in the model (bottom panel). Dark blue bars indicate test results in which only the variable in question was entered into the model, and light blue bars in which all variables except the one in question were entered. Longer dark blue bars and shorter light blue bars indicate higher variable importance.