Table 5. Estimates from the home range model from the Sogn & Fjordane and Møre & Romsdal, with the best AIC fit predicting tick abundance within home ranges of resident animals, and winter and summer home range of migratory red deer.

Parameter	Estimate	S.E.	z	p
Sogn & Fjordane
Intercept	−4e-3	0.33	−0.0	0.990
HR (resident vs. summer)	1.4	0.40	3.5	<0.001
HR (winter vs. summer)	1.3	0.17	7.8	<0.001
Year 2010 vs. 2009	−0.3	0.15	−2.2	0.031
Year 2011 vs. 2009	−0.6	0.16	−3.6	<0.001
Year 2012 vs. 2009	0.07	0.16	−0.5	0.630
HR (resident vs. summer): Year 2010 vs. 2009	0.3	0.19	1.6	0.100
HR (resident vs. summer): Year 2011 vs. 2009	4e-3	0.20	−0.0	0.980
HR (resident vs. summer): Year 2012 vs. 2009	−0.2	0.20	−1.0	0.300
HR (winter vs. summer): Year 2010 vs. 2009	0.5	0.21	2.3	0.020
HR (winter vs. summer): Year 2011 vs. 2009	1.1	0.22	5.0	<0.001
HR (winter vs. summer): Year 2012 vs. 2009	0.02	0.21	−0.1	0.910
Møre & Romsdal
Intercept	−0.9	0.36	−2.6	0.009
HR (resident vs. summer)	2.9	0.52	5.6	<0.001
HR (winter vs. summer)	3.2	0.48	6.6	<0.001
Year 2012 vs. 2011	0.4	0.17	2.6	0.011
HR (resident vs summer):Year	−0.5	0.23	−2.3	0.022
HR (winter vs summer):Year	−0.9	0.21	−4.4	<0.001

Note that all variables are factors. Baselines are “summer” home range of migratory animals and year 2009 in Sogn & Fjordane and year 2011 in Møre & Romsdal. Individual ID of each red deer was fitted as a random term. HR = home range type. All ticks stages are pooled in these analyses.