Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer	Marlon E. Cobos
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author	Dear authors, The manuscript entitled "Tick abundance, diversity and pathogen data collected by the National Ecological Observatory Network" presents interesting information o the tick data from NEON. I consider that this is a fine contribution that could help researchers interested in the topic to understand relevant details on the origin and quality of the data presented. Please see below my minor comments. Minor comments: 1. Please explain the reason why only nymphs were considered in tests for pathogen detection. 2. Recently I used the neonUtilities R package. I found it really useful to get and organize data from NEON. I think the authors could mention this tool in the manuscript (perhaps somewhere close to where other datasets are mentioned). 3. Please add a reference to having a clear idea of where the eco-climatic divisions were obtained from.
Recommendation	Minor Revision