Table 3.
Results of model selection of tick load. Best models used for inference are bolded. As there was only 1 I. ricinus nymph in spring, we avoided models with both season and location or species included
| Species | log (body mass) | Season | Location | df | AIC | ΔAIC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. ricinus larvae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1316.99 | 0.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1317.98 | 0.99 | |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 1321.60 | 4.61 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1322.58 | 5.59 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 1326.47 | 9.48 | |||
| 1 | 8 | 1328.09 | 11.10 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 1328.90 | 11.91 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1337.54 | 20.55 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1339.03 | 22.04 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 1342.21 | 25.22 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1343.74 | 26.75 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 1367.10 | 50.11 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 1368.55 | 51.56 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1368.74 | 51.75 | |||
| I. ricinus nymphs | 1 | 4 | 107.16 | 0.00 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 108.09 | 0.93 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 108.76 | 1.60 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 113.41 | 6.25 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 123.82 | 16.66 | ||||
| I. trianguliceps larvae | 1 | 4 | 1220.79 | 0.00 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1220.98 | 0.19 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1221.15 | 0.36 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1221.16 | 0.37 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1225.09 | 4.31 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1225.39 | 4.60 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 1225.62 | 4.84 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 1231.99 | 11.20 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1234.22 | 13.44 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 1234.37 | 13.58 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 1237.86 | 17.07 | ||||
| 1 | 8 | 1240.43 | 19.65 | ||||
| I. trianguliceps nymphs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 271.60 | 0.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 273.56 | 1.96 | |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 273.99 | 2.39 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 275.03 | 3.43 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 275.56 | 3.96 | |
| 1 | 4 | 276.74 | 5.13 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 276.84 | 5.24 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 277.00 | 5.39 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 277.21 | 5.61 | |||
| 1 | 8 | 277.51 | 5.91 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 278.28 | 6.68 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 278.79 | 7.19 |