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Table 3 Meteorological variables associated with monthly nymph density in the minimal adequate model of the multivariate analysis

From: Environmental factors influencing tick densities over seven years in a French suburban forest

Variable

Effect size

Wald statistic

P-value

Tmin M

0.098

74.32

<0.001

Tmin M-2

-0.066

35.66

< 0.001

Tmin M-4

-0.127

116.81

< 0.001

Tmin M-5

-0.255

577.33

< 0.001

Tmin M-7

0.135

154.9

< 0.001

Tmin M-8

0.263

414.25

< 0.001

Tmin M-9

-0.251

536.37

< 0.001

Tmin M-10

-0.306

757.73

< 0.001

Frost days

-0.287

640.61

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: Tmin minimum monthly temperature; Tmin M-2 minimum monthly temperature 2 months previously; Tmin M-4 minimum monthly temperature 4 months previously; Tmin M-5 minimum monthly temperature 5 months previously; Tmin M-7 minimum monthly temperature 7 months previously; Tmin M-8 minimum monthly temperature 8 months previously; Tmin M-9 minimum monthly temperature 9 months previously; Tmin M-10 minimum monthly temperature 10 months previously; Frost days current month’s number of frost days