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Table 1 List of the environmental variables used in this study

From: Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region

Variable

Description

BIO1

Annual Mean Temperature

BIO3

Isothermality

BIO5

Maximum Temperature of Warmest Month

BIO6

Minimum Temperature of Coldest Month

BIO7

Temperature Annual Range (maximum temperature of warmest month – minimum temperature of coldest month)

BIO9

Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter

BIO10

Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter

BIO11

Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter

BIO12

Annual Precipitation

BIO13

Precipitation of Wettest Month

BIO14

Precipitation of Driest Month

BIO15

Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation)

BIO16

Precipitation of Wettest Quarter

BIO17

Precipitation of Driest Quarter

BIO18

Precipitation of Warmest Quarter

BIO19

Precipitation of Coldest Quarter