| BOR | Lyme borreliosis |
| BT | either BOR or TBE (inclusive) |
| BTUL | either BOR or TUL (inclusive) |
| BTT | BOR or TBE or TUL (inclusive) |
| CLINF | Climate-change effects on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and the impacts |
| on Northern Societies | |
| CSI | Climate-Sensitive Infectious diseases |
| FCAk | Factorial Correspondence Analysis on k modes |
| GLM | Generalised Linear Model |
| IPCC | International Panel on Climate Change |
| NCoE | Nordforsk Centre of Excellence |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PFT | Plant Functional Type (Table A2 ) |
| PTAk | Principal Tensor Analysis on k modes |
| RCP4.5 | Representative Concentration Pathway with 4.5 W/m2 of radiative forcing in 2100 |
| RCP8.5 | Representative Concentration Pathway with 8.5 W/m2 of radiative forcing in 2100 |
| TBE | tick-borne encephalitis |
| TUL | tularemia |