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Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 Nov 3;10(2):258–268. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.10.013

Table 2.

Local sensitivity indices of the proportion of larvae feeding on white-tailed deer on all model input parameters calculated by elasticity analysis. Note that average larval burden on deer is not an input parameter in our model.

	Peromyscus leucopus	Turdus migratorius	Thryothorus ludovicianus	Geothlypis trichas	Pipilo erythrophthalmus	Dumetella carolinensis	Melospiza melodia	Setophaga petechia	Odocoileus virginianus	Ixodes scapularis nymphs
Density	0.0345	0.004	0.0686	−0.0111	−0.0056	−0.0929	0.0028	−0.0004	0	NA
Average larval burden	0.0345	0.004	0.0686	−0.0111	−0.0056	−0.0929	0.0028	−0.0004	NA	NA
Realized reservoir competence	1.2513	0.0180	0.4820	0.0249	0.0168	0.0125	0.0221	0	0.0759	NA
Molting success	0.4692	0.0097	0.2369	0.0036	0.0035	−0.0500	0.0106	−0.0002	−0.6834	NA
NIP										−1.9036