Abstract
Longitudinal monitoring of bank voles as well as their ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Central Finland, carried out in 2012.
Highlights
· Dataset: vole_data_cayol_updated.csv: 557 observations of 38 variables: Voles captured in urban and sub-urban forests in Central Finland in 2012, individual measurements
# AP Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, “1”: presence of infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum burgdorferi sensu lato # BA: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, “1”: presence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato # BM: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of infection with Babesia microti, “1”: presence of infection with Babesia microti # BV_line, #BV: Numeric, total number of bank voles trapped on a given site during the trapping session # CODE, # IND: Factor with 398 levels
# PA_triF: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of female of Ixodes trianguliceps, “1”: presence of female of Ixodes trianguliceps on the captured bank vole # PA_triL: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of larvae of Ixodes trianguliceps, “1”: presence of larvae of Ixodes trianguliceps on the captured bank vole # PA_triM: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of male of Ixodes trianguliceps, “1”: presence of male of Ixodes trianguliceps on the captured bank vole # PA_triN: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: absence of nymph of Ixodes trianguliceps, “1”: presence of nymph of Ixodes trianguliceps on the captured bank vole # Pos_BA: Numeric, total number of vole infected with B. burgdorferi sensu lato at a given site during a given trapping session # ric_Ad_N: Numeric, total number of I. ricinus adult and nymphs found in the vegetation at a given site during a given trapping session # ric_rel: Numeric, Relative number of I. ricinus infesting voles at a given site during a given trapping session # Session: Factor with 5 levels: Trapping session from May to October # Sex: Factor with 2 levels: “1”= female, “2” = male # Site, #fSite: Factor with 16 levels: trapping locations # Species: Factor with 1 level "M.gla": Study species Myodes glareolus # ticks_tot: Total number of ticks removed from the captured bank vole # tot_wat: Numeric, total open water coverage in a circular area of 1 km radius (3.14 km2) centred on each trapping area # Total_ric: Number of Ixodes ricinus removed from the captured bank vole # Total_tri: Total number of Ixodes trianguliceps observed from the captured bank vole # Treatment_Food, # Treatment: Factor with 2 levels: “0”: no food supplementation in the trapping area, “1” food supplementation in the trapping area # triaL: Numeric, the total number of larvae of I. trianguliceps found on bank voles of a given site other the entire study period # triaL_rel: Numeric, relative number of larvae of I. trianguliceps infesting voles at a given site during a given trapping session # triaLN: Numeric, the total number of larvae and nymphs of I. trianguliceps found on bank voles of a given site other the entire study period # triaLN_rel: Numeric, relative number of larvae and nymph of I. trianguliceps infesting voles at a given site during a given trapping session # urban: Factor with 2 levels, “1”: Site located in Urban area, “0”: Site located in non-urban area # Weight: numeric: individual body mass # IRLSite: Numeric, the total number of larvae of I. ricinus found in the vegetation of the given site other the entire study period
Summary
· Dataset: vole_data_cayol_updated.csv: 557 observations of 38 variables: Voles captured in urban and sub-urban forests in Central Finland in 2012, individual measurements.
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