marginally non-significantP = 0.097
When the minimal models were reconstructed in R software, all remained significant (with and without questing tick data: Tables U and V in S1 File ) except for the associations between white-footed mice and CC403 and between white-footed mice and RST1 type sequences, which were marginally non-significant (P = 0.097 and 0.056 respectively) in models with questing tick data included.