Table 6.

Summary of mixed effects model assessing the impacts of land-use, ecotone, and distance up river on the density of Ixodes scapularis nymphs (DON) with year as a random effect

Mixed effects model
	Estimate	Std. Error	DF	t-value	P
Land-use—Recreational	1.519	2.597	65	0.585	0.560
Land-use—Ag/Industrial	3.269	2.659	65	1.229	0.223
Ecotone—Forest	3.889	2.101	65	1.851	0.069
Distance Up River	−3.071	0.627	65	−4.902	<0.001*

“Residential” is the reference level for the land-use category and “Edge” is the reference level for the ecotone category.

^* P < 0.05.