Table 1 Parameter estimates and test statistics for the best model predicting the number of ticks caught in May with the flagging method between the years 2009 and 2013 along the west coast of Norway. Baseline is the study area in Sogn & Fjordane County and the land resource category “agricultural pastures” (intercept). Møre & Romsdal County is reported as the deviation from the baseline (Sogn & Fjordane). All model estimates are derived from standardised covariates
From: The influence of red deer space use on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the landscape
Parameter | Estimate | Standard error | Z | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | -0.12 | 0.37 | -0.33 | 0.73 |
Slope | 0.34 | 0.040 | 8.4 | < 0.001 |
Northness | -0.22 | 0.054 | -4.2 | < 0.001 |
Elevation | -0.28 | 0.094 | -3.0 | < 0.001 |
Elevation2 | -0.28 | 0.070 | -4.1 | 0.0029 |
Distance to fjord | -1.2 | 0.25 | -4.5 | < 0.001 |
Coniferous forest | -0.032 | 0.18 | -0.18 | 0.86 |
Deciduous forest | 0.29 | 0.17 | 1.7 | 0.08 |
Mixed forest | 0.099 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.74 |
Unclassified forest | 0.92 | 0.28 | 3.3 | < 0.001 |
Marshes | -1.4 | 0.41 | -3.4 | < 0.001 |
Without forest | -0.47 | 0.29 | -1.7 | 0.095 |
Study area (MR vs SF) | 0.93 | 0.31 | 3.0 | 0.0030 |