Table 2.

Results from ANOVA and Spearman rank correlation of Amblyomma americanum (L.) by life stage and all habitat variables.

		Total			Adult			Nymph
Variable	DF	F	p-Value	Spearman ρ	F	p-Value	Spearman ρ	F	p-Value	Spearman ρ
Shannon-diversity	1,56	3.9	0.05	−0.30 a	2.1	0.15	−0.18	1.4	0.24	−0.15
Evenness	1,56	2.1	0.16	−0.15	0.44	0.51	−0.08	2.2	0.15	−0.10
Total Cover	1,56	2.1	0.15	−0.18	4.3	0.04	−0.20	0.49	0.49	−0.08
Perennial Cover	1,56	5.3	0.03	−0.26	3.7	0.06	−0.22	3.3	0.08	−0.19
Biennial Cover	1,56	0.64	0.43	−0.31	2.6	0.11	−0.38	<0.01	0.98	−0.12
Annual Cover	1,56	0.97	0.33	−0.20	0.46	0.50	−0.27	5.0	0.03	0.0
Grass Cover	1,56	0.27	0.61	0.12	0.17	0.68	0.03	0.99	0.32	0.21
Sedge Cover	1,56	0.01	0.93	−0.01	1.34	0.25	0.02	0.34	0.56	−0.02
Shrub Cover	1,56	0.14	0.71	0.12	0.55	0.46	0.06	1.30	0.26	0.13
Vine Cover	1,56	0.64	0.43	−0.14	2.46	0.12	−0.18	0.82	0.37	−0.14
Garlic Mustard Cover	1,56	0.03	0.86	−0.20	0.74	0.39	−0.20	0.19	0.67	−0.11
Mean Vegetation Height	1,56	0.31	0.58	0.15	0.86	0.36	0.14	<0.01	0.99	0.10
Canopy Cover	1,56	1.36	0.25	−0.19	0.89	0.35	−0.11	1.29	0.26	−0.16
Leaf Litter Cover	1,56	0.03	0.86	−0.01	4.68	0.03	−0.26	0.26	0.62	0.10
Course Woody Debris Cover	1,56	6.89	0.01	−0.40	0.70	0.41	−0.49	1.04	0.31	−0.14
Bare Ground %	1,56	7.58	0.008	−0.36	2.06	0.16	−0.13	3.87	0.05	−0.26
Basal Area	1,56	0.03	0.86	0.0	0.24	0.62	0.13	<0.01	0.95	−0.04

^a Bold values indicate significant association (p < 0.05) as indicated by Spearman rank correlation.