Table 1.

Parameter values for basic model, System (1).

Parameter	Value	Units	Source(s)
$b_L$	0.089	Unitless	(Daniels et al., 2000; Madhav et al., 2004)
$b_N$	0.003	Unitless	(Daniels et al., 2000; Madhav et al., 2004)
$b_A$	3.982	Unitless	(Daniels et al., 2000; Madhav et al., 2004)
$r_L$	0.0012	Larvae/ha/Day	Lindsay et al. (1995)
$r_M$	0.05	Mice/ha/Day	Batzli (1977)
$r_D$	0.0055	Deer/ha/Day	Verme (1969)
${\beta }_L$	6.55 $\times {10}^{-6}$	Larvae/ha/(Hosts Day)	Computed
${\beta }_N$	1.36 $\times {10}^{-5}$	Nymphs/ha/(Hosts Day)	Computed
${\epsilon }_L$	$1.24\times {10}^{-8}$	Larvae/ha/Day	Keesing et al. (2006)
${\beta }_{NM}$	2.25 $\times {10}^{-6}$	Nymphs/ha/(Mice Day)	Computed
${\beta }_{AM}$	9.03 $\times {10}^{-6}$	Adults/ha/(Mice Day)	Computed
${\beta }_{ND}$	3.04 $\times {10}^{-7}$	Nymphs/ha/(Deer Day)	Computed
${\beta }_{AD}$	3.38 $\times {10}^{-7}$	Adults/ha/(Deer Day)	Computed
${\delta }_N$	0.0022	Nymphs/ha/Day	Madhav et al. (2004)
${\delta }_A$	0.0027	Adults/ha/Day	Madhav et al. (2004)
$K_L$	115,000	Larvae/ha	Daniels et al. (2000)
$K_M$	50	Mice/ha	LoGiudice et al. (2003)
$K_D$	0.25	Deer/ha	LoGiudice et al. (2003)