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Table 3 Proportion of land cover classes in buffer radii around yards sampled

From: Risk of tick-borne pathogen spillover into urban yards in New York City

Land cover class

Buffer size (radius)

25 m

50 m

100 m

200 m

High canopy

0.22 (0.18)

0.24 (0.18)

0.30 (0.18)

0.35 (0.18)

Low canopy

0.29 (0.10)

0.28 (0.08)

0.27 (0.07)

0.26 (0.06)

Shrub

0.05 (0.02)

0.05 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

0.04 (0.01)

Grass

0.08 (0.05)

0.08 (0.04)

0.07 (0.03)

0.07 (0.03)

Impervious surface

0.35 (0.15)

0.33 (0.14)

0.30 (0.13)

0.27 (0.13)

Barren soil

0.008 (0.02)

0.01 (0.02)

0.007 (0.01)

0.006 (0.01)

  1. Data in table are presented as the mean (standard deviation)