Aim: Predicting novel reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens would be improved by identifying inter-specific drivers of host competence, the ability to transmit pathogens to new hosts or vectors. Tick-borne
These are the data on small mammals, ticks, acorns, deer, and weather analyzed in the paper, The ecology of Lyme disease: Long-term data, surprises, and a synthesis . Data collection began for m
Meta-data on study setup. Outline of the most important meta-data, such as center of each studied landscape window, dates of sampling, number of forest patches and a couple of landscape metrics to cha
Focal variables as potential environmental drivers of B. burgdorferi prevalence. Table S1. Meta-variables. Table S2. Variables of habitat. Table S3. Variables of landscape. Table S4. Variables of macr