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Table 1 Variables selected in the hazard or exposure model

From: Shaping zoonosis risk: landscape ecology vs. landscape attractiveness for people, the case of tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden

 

Hazard

Exposure

Resolution

Units

Sources

Roe deer/reddeer/fallow deer/wild boar

X

 

Low (interpolation based on hunting districts centers)

Number of animals per hectar

Dr. Jonas Kindberg

Proportion of forest in the buffer

X

X

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Proportion of broad-leaved forest in the buffer

X

X

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Proportion of coniferous forest in the buffer

X

 

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Proportion of mixed forest in the buffer

X

 

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Shape index of forest in the buffer

X

 

100 m

None

CORINE

Mean proximity index for forest patches in the buffer

X

 

100 m

None

CORINE

Mean volume of spruce/pine/birch/oak in the buffer

X

 

30 m

m3/ha

SLU skogskarta

Proportion of clear-cuts (tree height < 50 cm) in the forest in the buffer

X

X

30 m

Percentage

SLU skogskarta

Proportion of waterbodies in the buffer

X

X

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Distance to the nearest water course

X

X

High (shapefile)

m

Lantmäteriet

Proportion of open areas in ecotone of 150 m around forest in the buffer

X

 

100 m

Percentage

CORINE

Shannon diversity index in the buffer

X

 

100 m

None

CORINE

Length of roads in the buffer

 

X

High (shapefile)

m

Lantmäteriet

Length of roads in forest in the buffer

 

X

High (shapefile)

m

Lantmäteriet

Distance to Stockholm

 

X

High (shapefile)

m

Lantmäteriet

Proportion of area occupied by holiday houses in the buffer

 

X

High (shapefile)

Percentage

Statistiska Centralbyrån

Mean population density

 

X

2.5 arc-minutes

Person/km2

Gridded Population of the World

Distance to the sea

 

X

High (shapefile)

m

Lantmäteriet

Standard deviation of tree height in the buffer

 

X

30 m

m

SLU skogskarta

Mean height tree

 

X

30 m

m

SLU skogskarta