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Figure S6 from Cascading effects of predator activity on tick-borne disease risk
journal contribution
posted on 2017-07-03, 11:15 authored by Tim R. Hofmeester, Patrick A. Jansen, Hendrikus J. Wijnen, Elena C. Coipan, Manoj Fonville, Herbert H. T. Prins, Hein Sprong, Sipke E. van WierenPath diagrams showing direct and indirect correlations of predator activity (Red fox Vulpes vulpes, and Stone marten Martes foina) and larval Ixodes ricinus density with rodent density, mean larval burden on rodents and density of questing nymphs for A) Bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and B) Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Thick arrows indicate statistically supported paths. Path coefficients have 95% confidence interval between brackets.