Table 3.
Field description of the dataset including the characteristics of the tick transect lines. c., characters.
| Field | Description | Type |
| ZONE_ID | Identifier of the LTER site (VG or ZA) | Text (5 c.) |
| SECT_CODE | Identifier for the landscape type: forest core (FC, CF in table), forest edge (FE, LF in table), agricultural landscape with a high hedgerow network density (HH, BD in table), agricultural landscape with a low hedgerow network density (LH, BO in table) | Text (5 c.) |
| LTIQ_ID | Identifier for the transect line: site - landscape type - transect line number | Text (20 c.) |
| ECHLT_ID | Identifier for the transect line: campaign - site - landscape type - transect line number | Text (20 c.) |
| ECHT_ID | Identifier for tick sub-transect line: campaign - site - landscape type - transect line number - sub-transect line number | Text (30 c.) |
| ECHLT_DATE | Sampling date for a transect | Date/Time |
| ECHLT_SAISON | Identifier for campaign (1 = spring 2012, 2 = autumn 2012, 3 = spring 2013, 4 = autumn 2013, 5 = spring 2014) | Integer |
| ECHLT_HDEB | Starting hour of tick sampling in the transect | Date/Time |
| ECHLT_HFIN | Ending hour of tick sampling in the transect | Date/Time |
| ECHLT_SOL | Land use: 1 = meadow, 2 = wood, 3 = forest, 4 = meadow/hedge, 5 = meadow/wood, 6 = meadow/forest | Boolean |
| ECHLT_PHERBH | Average height of the grass in the meadow landscape (cm) | Integer |
| ECHLT_BHERBH | Average height of the grass in the wood landscape (cm) | Integer |
| ECHLT_FHERBH | Average height of the grass in the forest landscape (cm) | Integer |
| ECHLT_FTYPE | Forest type: 1 = deciduous, 2 = coniferous, 3 = mixed | Boolean |
| ECHLT_HHERB | Wet grass: 1 = yes, 0 = no | Boolean |
| ECHLT_ANIP | Presence of livestock on the pasture: 1 = yes, 0 = no | Boolean |