Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
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Model | Zone of Influence | GEZ | bio 1 | bio 12 | bio 5 | Features (rm) |
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1 | Entire distribution | 10.34 | 77.63 | 9.62 | 2.40 | LQ (4.0) |
2 | East Asia | 33.60 | 41.20 | 13.46 | 11.74 | LQ (0.5) |
3 | Oceania | 5.33 | 6.12 | 13.73 | 74.82 | LQ (1.0) |
4 | Native parthenogenetic | 26.54 | 51.48 | 5.57 | 16.41 | LQ (0.5) |
Model | Model on | AUC | Correlation | Parameters | AICc | ΔΑΙCc |
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1 | Entire range | 0.95 | 0.64 | 11 | 2420.7 | 17.5 |
2 | East Asia | 0.97 | 0.68 | 8 | 2403.2 | 0 |
3 | Oceania | 0.87 | 0.16 | 9 | 2662.3 | 259 |
4 | Parthenogenetic | 0.75 | 0.22 | 8 | 2631.3 | 228 |
5 | East Asia | 0.95 | 0.62 | 8 | 2421.6 | 18.3 |
6 | East Asia | 0.96 | 0.64 | 8 | 2418.7 | 15.5 |
Model 5 | Model 6 | ||
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GEZ | 45.44 | GEZ | 43.01 |
bio 1 | 27.72 | bio 10 | 10.63 |
continentality | 26.84 | bio 11 | 46.36 |
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Namgyal, J.; Couloigner, I.; Lysyk, T.J.; Dergousoff, S.J.; Cork, S.C. Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218285
Namgyal J, Couloigner I, Lysyk TJ, Dergousoff SJ, Cork SC. Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(21):8285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218285
Chicago/Turabian StyleNamgyal, Jamyang, Isabelle Couloigner, Tim J. Lysyk, Shaun J. Dergousoff, and Susan C. Cork. 2020. "Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 8285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218285