Table 1.
Relative contributions of the climate predictors selected by the modeling algorithms for the pathogen datasets; A. phagocytophilum, Ba. microti, and Bo. miyamotoi
| Predictors | Normalized contribution values (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| GLM | MARS | Maxent | |
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| A. phagocytophilum models | |||
| Mean diurnal temp. range (BIO2) | 24.9 | 19.3 | 11.9 |
| Isothermality (BIO3) | 12.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| Max temp. warmest month (BIO5) | 21.9 | 27.4 | 15.3 |
| Mean temp. of wettest quarter (BIO8) | 1.3 | — | 2.4 |
| Mean temp. of driest quarter (BIO9) | 24.7 | 18.9 | 34.0 |
| Precip. of warmest quarter (BIO18) | 8.4 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
| Precip. of coldest quarter (BIO19) | - | — | 2.7 |
| Percent forest cover | 6.8 | 22.4 | 25.1 |
| Ba. microti models | |||
| Mean diurnal temp. range (BIO2) | 6.8 | 25.5 | 5.0 |
| Isothermality (BIO3) | 4.6 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| Max temp. warmest month (BIO5) | 4.9 | 37.8 | 4.3 |
| Mean temp. of wettest quarter (BIO8) | 3.3 | — | 1.3 |
| Mean temp. of driest quarter (BIO9) | 47.1 | 14.2 | 52.2 |
| Precip. of warmest quarter (BIO18) | 12.0 | 10.8 | 3.2 |
| Precip. of coldest quarter (BIO19) | 15.3 | 4.4 | 9.8 |
| Percent forest cover | 5.9 | 5.3 | 19.3 |
| Bo. miyamotoi models | |||
| Mean diurnal temp. range (BIO2) | 11.6 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
| Isothermality (BIO3) | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Max temp. warmest month (BIO5) | 20.8 | 54.5 | 24.3 |
| Mean temp. of wettest quarter (BIO8) | 1.8 | — | 1.5 |
| Mean temp. of driest quarter (BIO9) | 34.4 | 13.1 | 27.2 |
| Precip. of warmest quarter (BIO18) | 10.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Precip. of coldest quarter (BIO19) | 8.9 | 1.9 | 6.4 |
| Percent forest cover | 8.5 | 7.9 | 17.1 |
Normalized Contribution Values: Describes the contribution of each predictor to the predictive power of each of the 3 models (GLM, MARS, Maxent).