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. 2017 Sep 1;54(5):1104-1106.
doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx096.

Response: The Geographic Distribution of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Revisited: The Importance of Assumptions About Error Balance

Micah B Hahn  1 , Catherine S Jarnevich  2 , Andrew J Monaghan  3 , Rebecca J Eisen  1
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Response: The Geographic Distribution of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Revisited: The Importance of Assumptions About Error Balance

Micah B Hahn et al. J Med Entomol. .
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Maps depicting the Ixodes scapularis ensemble models consensus habitat suitability scores at four sensitivity thresholds. Scores indicate the number of the four optimized models (BRT, boosted regression tree; GLM, generalized linear model; MARS, multivariate adaptive regression spline; Maxent, maximum entropy) that classified a given county as having climate, elevation, and land cover conditions suitable for the establishment of I. scapularis. The specificity range of the ensemble models at the given sensitivity thresholds are also shown in each map. See Supp. Fig. 1 [online only] for more details.
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