Table 2 Parameter estimates for the landscape model that also includes kernel estimates from red deer home ranges. The model predicts the numbers of ticks caught in May, representing winter and resident home ranges, with the flagging method between the years 2009 and 2013. Baseline is the study area in Sogn & Fjordane County (intercept) and the land resource category “agricultural pastures”. Møre & Romsdal County is reported as the deviation from the baseline (Sogn & Fjordane). Estimates are averaged over all 400 estimates from the bootstrap analysis
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 | 2.2 | 0.51 | 4.3 | < 0.001 |
Northness | -0.21 | 0.050 | -4.3 | < 0.001 |
Slope | 0.36 | 0.046 | 7.8 | < 0.001 |
Elevation | 0.015 | 0.076 | 0.20 | 0.73 |
Elevation2 | -0.079 | 0.051 | -1.6 | 0.14 |
Distance to fjord | -1.1 | 0.17 | -6.6 | < 0.001 |
Coniferous forest | 0.067 | 0.17 | 0.40 | 0.63 |
Deciduous forest | 0.49 | 0.16 | 3.0 | 0.020 |
Mixed forest | 0.53 | 0.35 | 1.5 | 0.15 |
Unclassified forest | 1.1 | 0.27 | 3.9 | < 0.001 |
Marshes | -1.3 | 0.49 | -2.6 | 0.016 |
Without forest | -0.043 | 0.26 | -0.17 | 0.66 |
Kernel | -0.21 | 0.066 | -3.2 | 0.012 |
Years between | -0.30 | 0.074 | -4.1 | < 0.001 |
Home range size | -0.15 | 0.072 | -2.1 | 0.062 |
Study area (MR vs SF) | -0.50 | 0.45 | -1.1 | 0.27 |