Environmental drivers of Ixodes ricinus abundance in forest fragments of rural European landscapes

Environmental drivers of Ixodes ricinus abundance in forest fragments of rural European landscapes

Abstract Background The castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) transmits infectious diseases such as Lyme borreliosis, which constitutes an important ecosystem disservice. Despite many local studies, a comprehensive understanding of the key drivers of tick abundance at the continental scale is still lack...

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Main Authors: Steffen Ehrmann, Jaan Liira, Stefanie Gärtner, Karin Hansen, Jörg Brunet, Sara A. O. Cousins, Marc Deconchat, Guillaume Decocq, Pieter De Frenne, Pallieter De Smedt, Martin Diekmann, Emilie Gallet-Moron, Annette Kolb, Jonathan Lenoir, Jessica Lindgren, Tobias Naaf, Taavi Paal, Alicia Valdés, Kris Verheyen, Monika Wulf, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Climate gradient
Ecological niche
Ecosystem disservice
Functional ecology
Habitat composition
Landscape composition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-017-0141-0

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