Table 1 Variables and data sources included for modeling

Training dataset (1)

Geocoordinates of TBEV occurrence (1)

GPS coordinates

2000–2022

Annual

Literature search; personal communication; congress abstracts

Explanatory variables (28)

Climate; weather (19)

0.1°

2000–2022

Daily

Copernicus E-Obs Dataset [33]

Relative habitat suitability of rodent TBEV reservoir species: Apodemus flavicollis; Myodes glareolus (2)^a

 ~ 55 m

1736-September 2023

Annual reported occurrences

GBIF; https://www.gbif.org/species/2437756; https://www.gbif.org/species/5706764 [38]

Relative habitat suitability: Apodemus sylvaticus (1)^a

 ~ 55 m

1600-September 2023

Annual reported occurrences

GBIF; https://www.gbif.org/species/2437760 [38]

Relative habitat suitability: Microtus subterraneus (1)^a

 ~ 55 m

1838-September 2023

Annual reported occurrences

GBIF; https://www.gbif.org/species/2438660 [38]

Relative habitat suitability of fallow deer: Dama dama (1)^a

 ~ 55 m

1575-September 2023

Annual reported occurrences

GBIF; https://www.gbif.org/species/5220136 [38]

Predicted distribution and abundance: Capreolus capreolus (1)

 < 0.01°

Uploaded April 2014

Static

Alexander et al., 2014 [37]

Predicted distribution and abundance: Cervus elaphus (1)

 < 0.01°

Uploaded April 2014

Static

Wint et al., 2014 [36]

Elevation (1)

2 arcseconds (60 m)

Updated 2023

Static

EuroDEM [35]

Habitat and land cover types (1)

100 m

1 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2012

Static

European Environmental Agency Land cover (EUNIS Level 2 Classification—v3.1 2018 [34]