Table 2.

Comparison of models used to test the effect of several independent variables on individual rodent infection (GLM with logit function)

Initial model	Model ranks	AIC
Rodent  model 1	Dist Forest + Dist Settl	80·1
	Dist Forest + Dist Agri steep + Dist Settl	81·9
	Dist Forest + Dist Agri steep + Dist Agri flat + Dist Settl	83·7
Rodent model 2	Agri steep + Patch	75·1
	Agri steep + Forest + Patch	75·9
	Agri steep + Forest + Settl + Patch	76·7
	Slope + Agri steep + Forest + Settl + Patch	78·6
	Slope + Agri flat + Agri steep + Forest + Settl + Patch	80·6

Models are ranked from the least to the most supported according to corrected Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC). Two initial models were tested: rodent model 1 included the following explanatory variables: slope (Slope), distance from forest (Dist Forest), distance from human settlement (Dist Settl), distance from agriculture on steep land (Dist Agri steep), distance from agriculture on flat land (Dist Agri flat). Rodent model 2 included the following explanatory variables: cover of agriculture on steep land (Agri steep), cover of agriculture on flat land (Agri flat), cover of forest (Forest), cover of human settlement (Settl), patch density (Patch).