Table 2.

The final linear mixed models for different alpha diversity measures

Measure	Variables	Value	Standard error	DF	t	p
Inverse Simpson	Female intercept	7.58	1.27	74	5.97	< 0.001
	Male	2.81	1.45	74	2.21	0.03
	Nymph	3.41	2.17	74	2.11	0.04
Faith’s phylogenetic diversity	June 0 m intercept	1.55	2.64	74	0.59	0.56
	Elevation	-0.002	0.0001	74	-2.02	0.05
	Month	0.86	0.37	74	2.36	0.02
NRI	Female intercept	-1.95	0.19	74	-10.3	< 0.001
	Male tick	0.95	0.28	74	3.42	0.001
	Tick nymph	0.88	0.41	74	2.15	0.04
NTI	Female intercept	-2.17	0.18	74	-12.2	< 0.001
	Male tick	0.59	0.26	74	2.27	0.02
	Tick nymph	0.11	0.39	74	0.29	0.78