Table 2 Estimates of parameters in generalized linear mixed models on successful feeding in Ixodes ricinus larvae and nymphs and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in I. ricinus larvae on small mammals captured in southeast Norway (2018–2022)

Larval feeding

(logit-link)

 Intercept^a

−1.578

0.167

−9.443

 < 0.001

 sp = common shrew

0.628

0.163

3.849

 < 0.001

 sp = wood mouse

0.227

0.131

1.734

0.083

 Host status = live

0.780

0.123

6.358

 < 0.001

Nymphal feeding

(logit-link)

 Intercept^a

−0.594

0.236

−2.516

0.012

 sp = wood mouse

0.473

0.282

1.679

0.093

 Host status = live

0.768

0.280

2.740

0.006

Larval infection

(logit-link)

 Intercept^b

−3.118

0.494

−6.307

 < 0.001

 sp = common shrew

−0.530

0.521

−1.016

0.309

 sp = wood mouse

−1.221

0.607

−2.013

0.044

 Tick fed = true

1.047

0.355

2.952

0.003