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Table 1 Study sites on Loch Lomond mainland and islands, with vegetation, two indices of deer density based on deer counts and deer dung, and island size and distance to the mainland

From: Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen

Site

Site type

Vegetationa

Mean deer density (per km2)b

Deer density (dung transects)c

Island area (km2)

Distance to the mainland (km)

BA

Mainland

Scots pine, oak and birch, understorey of grass, moss and bracken.

na

17.3

na

na

BW

Mainland

Oak with understorey of dense areas of bramble and bracken.

na

5.9

na

na

MA

Mainland

Oak with mixed understory of blueberry, grass and moss

na

1.1

na

na

KN

Mainland

Oak with birch and holly. Understorey relatively open with blueberry, bramble and grasses.

na

0.9

na

na

LU

Mainland

Oak with understorey of dense areas of bramble and bracken.

na

na

na

na

SA

Mainland

Oak/managed pine with understorey of bramble, blueberry and grasses

na

8.7

na

na

BU

Island

Scots pine, birch and oak. Understorey of rhododendrons, bracken and grass species

0.0

17.5

0.031

1.9

CA

Island

Oak, birch, holly and alder. Understorey dense with bracken and grass species.

68.9

5.0

0.53

0.28

CE

Island

Oak, relatively open understorey with blueberry and bracken.

157.9

0.0

0.056

1.7

CL

Island

Oak, grass and bracken understorey.

0.0

2.2

0.056

0.86

CO

Island

Oak with blueberry and moss understorey

2.4

3.4

0.42

1.7

CR

Island

Birch, oak and alder. Understoreys relatively open with blueberry, bracken and moss species.

28.3

33.3

0.28

2.4

FA

Island

Oak, with a sparse understorey of bracken and bramble.

130.9

28.2

0.45

0.59

LO

Island

Oak, birch, and yew trees. Understorey dense with bracken.

43.3

31.1

0.75

0.77

MO

Island

Birch and alder. Understorey of rhododendrons, blueberry, gorse and bog myrtle.

26.3

22.3

0.46

1.2

MU

Island

Oak, birch and Scots pine. An understorey of blueberry, bracken and bramble.

0

3.1

1.2

1.1

TA

Island

Oak with blueberry and moss understorey

28.1

32.7

0.63

0.31

TO

Island

Oak and birch. Understorey dense with bluberry and bracken.

26.7

32.1

0.075

1.9

  1. aVegetation data recorded 2009–2010 [27]
  2. bMean deer density from deer count data collected by Scottish National Heritage counts on Loch Lomond islands in March 2008 and March 2012
  3. cDeer density estimated from dung counts along transects, May-July 2016