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Table 2 Linear model results for blood meal identification success. Reference levels for the explanatory variables are QIAamp for ‘Method’, 2012 for ‘Year’, April for ‘Month’ and EXTF for ‘habitat type’

From: Identification of Ixodes ricinus blood meals using an automated protocol with high resolution melting analysis (HRMA) reveals the importance of domestic dogs as larval tick hosts in Italian alpine forests

Explanatory variable

Coefficient

SEa

t-valueb

Pr(>|t|)c

(Intercept)

58.62

7.82

7.44

< 0.001

Method_ KingFisherâ„¢

-31.76

6.37

-4.99

< 0.001

Year_2013

-3.21

6.33

-0.51

0.62

Month_May

-4.28

7.01

-0.61

0.55

Month_June

-4.74

9.29

-0.51

0.61

Habitat type_PATF

-0.38

5.29

-0.07

0.94

  1. aStandard error of estimated coefficient
  2. b t-value estimate to standard error ratio
  3. cProbability for t-value