Table 1.

Model corrected Akaike Information Criteria (AICc) by species, lifestage, and region for ticks in Central and Southern Illinois

Model	Dermacentor variabilis				Amblyomma americanum				Ixodes scapularis
	Adulta		Nymphb		Adulta		Nympha		Adultc		Nymphc
	Central	South	Central	South	Central	South	Central	South	Central	South	Central	South
+Tmax	194.42	261.99	13.20	31.52	85.62	246.39	NA	362.70	37.68	25.81	NA	NA
+Tmax+VPmax +VPmin	NA	239.11	NA	34.68	NA	233.96	147.26	358.50	47.26	NA	NA	NA
+VPmin	191.96	269.00	13.90	32.57	91.02	258.96	154.67	382.67	46.21	33.82	47.04	41.63
+VPmax+VPmin	192.99	252.35	15.87	34.65	92.35	249.31	149.49	363.85	43.47	98.26	NA	NA
+Tmax+VPmin	182.07	256.45	15.46	33.46	NA	250.94	NA	365.03	44.37	98.26	NA	NA
+Precip	201.74	268.54	13.92	27.90	90.88	236.76	163.70	378.69	34.71	37.01	40.04	41.38
+Precip+Tmax	191.32	246.51	15.08	28.97	90.00	217.63	160.43	359.78	32.67	100.28	NA	NA
+Tmax+DP	191.05	250.28	15.48	33.40	90.00	231.47	145.70	359.86	38.82	98.28	NA	NA
+Tmax+DP+VPmax	187.67	245.34	NA	NA	NA	229.75	145.31	NA	40.50	NA	NA	NA
+Tmax+DP +VPmax+VPmin	NA	240.06	NA	NA	NA	231.52	NA	NA	64.49	NA	NA	NA
+DP	198.86	253.50	13.43	31.16	90.25	234.23	NA	360.52	39.16	25.91	NA	NA
+DP+VPmax	189.94	247.51	15.64	33.31	90.16	233.50	146.60	357.84	39.10	98.33	NA	NA
+DP+VPmax +VPmin	184.35	240.04	18.02	35.62	NA	230.14	150.52	359.37	42.73	NA	NA	NA
+VPmin	191.40	250.50	13.60	32.51	92.45	244.17	151.86	358.84	34.65	25.76	NA	NA
+Tmax+VPmin	190.22	246.94	NA	32.34	NA	235.91	145.23	356.42	40.93	99.07	NA	NA

Monthly climate variables were T_max (average daily maximum temperature), VP_max (average daily maximum vapor pressure deficit), VP_min (average daily minimum vapor pressure deficit), DP (average daily dew point), and Precip (total precipitation). NA: not applicable, model fit was not possible.

^a AICc from zero-inflated negative binomial models.

^b AICc from logistic regression models.

^c AICc from zero-inflated Poisson models.