Table 4. Results from model selection performed on tick abundance from the Sogn & Fjordane and Møre & Romsdal counties in Norway in May at the scale of red deer home ranges.

HRtype	Year	Sex	HRtype :Year	HRtype:Sex	Sex:Year	Hrtype:Sex:Year	AIC	ΔAIC
Sogn & Fjordane, May
							14455.0	285.3
x							14217.4	47.6
	x						14457.7	288
x	x						14213.6	43.9
x	x		x				14169.7	0
Møre & Romsdal
							5900.9	45.3
x							5869.9	14.3
	x						5897.2	41.6
		x					5902.5	46.9
	x						5870.4	14.8
x		x					5873.5	17.9
	x	x					5898.7	43.1
x	x	x					5872.4	16.8
x	x		x				5855.6	0
x		x		x			5874.0	18.4
	x	x			x		5894.5	38.9
x	x	x	x				5857.6	2.0
x	x	x		x			5874.3	18.7
x	x	x			x		5868.3	12.7
x	x	x	x	x			5859.6	4.0
x	x	x	x		x		5855.8	0.2
x	x	x		x	x		5870.2	14.6
x	x	x	x	x	x		5857.8	2.2
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	5861.4	5.8

HRtype = home range type (3 levels), year (4 or 2 levels). The models also included red deer ID as a random term.