Table 3 Bayesian information criterion (BIC) values for the generalized additive mixed models run for the long-term and recently endemic regions exploring the effect of summer temperature and precipitation during the previous year’s larval questing period (L-HDD), and that year’s nymphal questing period (N-HDD)

From: The impact of temperature and precipitation on blacklegged tick activity and Lyme disease incidence in endemic and emerging regions