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Table 2 Parameter estimates for number of I. ricinus ticks (sum of larvae, nymphs and adults) on different body parts of badger, red fox and roe deer in Norway

From: Tick infestation on medium–large-sized mammalian hosts: are all equally suitable to Ixodes ricinus adults?

Parameter

Estimate

SE

z

P

Intercept

−2.702

0.343

−7.88

 < 0.001

Back

1.014

0.255

3.98

 < 0.001

Belly

0.889

0.207

4.30

 < 0.001

Head

1.323

0.207

6.38

 < 0.001

Neck

1.565

0.247

6.35

 < 0.001

Fox

1.629

0.467

3.49

 < 0.001

Roe deer

3.905

0.419

9.32

 < 0.001

Young

−0.898

0.370

−2.42

0.015

Unknown age category

−0.379

0.356

−1.06

0.287

  1. Baseline was badger for species, adults for age category and leg for body part. The model is a mixed-effects negative binomial regression. There was a random effect for individual ID to account for repeated sampling