Flea Abundance in Rodents Across Northwestern Mexico

A dataset used by Pontifes et al. for statistical analysis to assess environmental and host variables as drivers of flea abundance. The data covers three scales: across individuals within a single site, between sites, and across species within a region. It was authored by Gabriel E. García‐Peña and is available via paperswithcode.

Use Cases

• Modeling flea abundance based on host characteristics mentioned in the description
• Assessing the relative importance of environmental variables across different spatial scales
• Comparing parasite loads between rodent species within a region
• Analyzing the drivers of flea abundance at the individual, site, and species levels

Strengths

• Designed for multi-scale analysis (individual, site, species) as stated in the description
• Associated with a published statistical analysis, suggesting research-grade quality

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Gabriel E. García‐Peña

Collection Method

Likely collected via field surveys of rodent populations, though the exact method is unspecified.

Geography

Northwestern Mexico