Table 2.
Model | Covariate | Description |
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Environment | ||
Spatial | X | Distance from the entrance |
Z | Height from the floor | |
Type | Sediment or wall-swab | |
Temporal | WNStime | Time since first confirmation of WNS in bats at the site. Each unit coincides with a sampling interval (approximately every four months). |
Time of year | Time of year sample was collected; early hibernation, late hibernation, summer | |
Climate | Tdmean | Daily mean temperature |
Tdrange | Daily temperature range | |
Bats | ||
Spatial | Regiona | Sampling region within the site (near entrance, middle, deep) |
Zb | Height from the floor | |
Temporal | WNSWintersc | Winters since first confirmation of WNS in bats at a site |
Climate | Tdmean | Daily mean temperature within 2 m of roost location |
Tdrange | Daily temperature range within 2 m of roost location | |
Host | Species | Myotis lucifugus, Perimyotis subflavus, or Myotis sodalis |
Sex | male, female | |
BMI | Body mass index [mass (g) / forearm (mm)] | |
Clinical signs | Fungus | Extent of visible fungus on the wing |
UV | Extent of UV fluorescence on the wing |
Included in models using full dataset.
Included in models using subset dataset with paired temperature information because we included temperature at roost location as a covariate. X was not included due to collinearity with other covariates in models.
Omitted in models using subset dataset due to a singularity in response by site, which was included as a random effect.