2022_WeightedMammal_HostDistributionModels ...

• Main Author: Wint, William
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: TBE hosts; weighted; mean score; spatial model; Alces alces; Lepus timidus; mountain hare
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12799370; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12799370

Weighted TBE Mammal Host distribution models, 2022. Abstract: The distributions of the known TBE vector hosts were obtained from IUCN and the European Mammal Atlas and converted to presence or absence within standard 50 km Grid and then ranked from 1 to 4 according to their function as follows: Reservoir Host and virus amplifiers. Score 4 = Apodemus flavicolis (Yellow necked mouse), Myodes glareolus (Bank vole) Major Vector amplifiers and virus dilution. Score 3 = Capreolus capreolus (Roe deer) , cervus elephus (Red deer), Dama dama (Fallow Deer) Minor Vector amplifiers and virus dilution. Score 2 = Alces alces (Moose) , Odocoelus Virginia (White-tailed deer) Possible Vector Amplifiers Score 1= Lepus europeus (European hare), Lepus timidus (Mountain Hare) Host Predators Score -1 Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox) An equal number of zero (hosts absent) points were assigned randomly outside the known host ranges. The summed scores were then modelled using Random Forest and Boosted Regression Trees spatial modelling ...