Table 1. The goodness of fit for the candidate models for Norway rat population and HFRS dynamics.

Climate variable	R2	DIC
Norway rat population dynamic model
AHt-3	0.50	9.32
TMINt-4	0.50	9.17
AHt-3, TMINt-4	0.47	11.41
none	0.50	9.17
HFRS dynamic model
RHt-1	0.75	7.57
none	0.72	7.89