Habitat and Vegetation Variables Are Not Enough When Predicting Tick Populations in the Southeastern United States

• R. T. Trout Fryxell ,

  * E-mail: RFryxell@utk.edu

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• J. E. Moore,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, 650 East Parkway South, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• M. D. Collins,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Y. Kwon,

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• S. R. Jean-Philippe,

  Affiliation Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• S. M. Schaeffer,

  Affiliation Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• A. Odoi,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• M. Kennedy,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• A. E. Houston

  Affiliation Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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