Table 3 ANOVA of GLMMs explaining infestation prevalence (assumed binomial distribution).

From: Fivefold higher abundance of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) forest than field ecotypes

Response

Variable

Χ2

df

p

Model parameters

Random effects

All ticks

Roe deer ecotype

12.9130

1

0.0003

AIC = 342.2

Variance = 10.57

Body part

43.3690

4

 < 0.0001

AIC0 = 482.2

SD = 3.25

Adults

Roe deer ecotype

16.6660

1

 < 0.0001

AIC = 347.1

Variance = 8.11

Body part

55.7240

4

 < 0.0001

AIC0 = 493.6

SD = 2.85

Females

Roe deer ecotype

16.9910

1

 < 0.0001

AIC = 359.1

Variance = 6.27

Body part

61.6570

4

 < 0.0001

AIC0 = 509.4

SD = 2.50

Males

Roe deer ecotype

9.5352

1

0.0020

AIC = 445.4

Variance = 2.36

Body part

45.3061

4

 < 0.0001

AIC0 = 505.1

SD = 1.52

Nymphs

Roe deer ecotype

1.5059

1

0.2198

AIC = 247.6

Variance = 1.70

Body part

33.3816

4

 < 0.0001

AIC0 = 299.4

SD = 1.30

  1. AIC—akaike information criterion, AIC0—AIC of null model (intercept only) < random effects cover dependence of observations among particular roe deer individual, Χ2—test statistic, df—degrees of freedom, p—p value.
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