Fig. 3
From: Climate-driven variation in the phenology of juvenile Ixodes pacificus on lizard hosts
Smooth effect of climate predictors on total tick abundances across California from 2013 to 2022 from the generalized additive model, stratified by climate region. A–C Estimated relationship between tick abundances and monthly climate predictors: A maximum temperature, B specific humidity, C PDSI (higher values, less drought). For each panel, the x-axis represents the standardized values of the predictor variables, and the y-axis shows the estimated effect on tick abundances (on the log10 scale). Asterisks (*) denote the significance level of the climate variable interaction switch climate region at *P < 0.1, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001. CC, Central Coast; SF, San Francisco; LA, Los Angeles; PSDI, Palmer Drought Severity Index