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ArticleScientific reports2021

Fivefold higher abundance of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) forest than field ecotypes.

Patrycja Opalińska, Anna Wierzbicka, Marek Asman, Grzegorz Rączka, Marcin K Dyderski, Magdalena Nowak-Chmura

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Patrycja OpalińskaDepartment of Game Management and Forest Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71d, 60-625, Poznań, Poland.
Anna WierzbickaDepartment of Game Management and Forest Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71d, 60-625, Poznań, Poland. anna.wierzbicka@up.poznan.pl.
Marek AsmanDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Jedności 8, 41-218, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Grzegorz RączkaDepartment of Forest Management Planning, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625, Poznań, Poland.
Marcin K DyderskiInstitute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035, Kórnik, Poland.
Magdalena Nowak-ChmuraDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracov, Podbrzezie Str. 3, 31-054, Kraków, Poland.
University of Life Sciences in Poznań · PLInstitute of Dendrology · PLMedical University of Silesia · PLUniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) is the most common deer species in Europe. The species can be a reservoir of some tick-borne diseases but it is primarily recognized for its contribution as an amplifier host. In Central Europe, two roe deer ecotypes are living in adjacent areas: field and forest. We investigated differences in tick load and species composition on these two ecotypes. We collected ticks from 160 (80 the forest ecotype and 80 the field ecotype) roe deer culled in Wielkopolska Region (West-Central Poland). The most common was Ixodes ricinus (n = 1610; 99%) followed by Ixodes hexagonus (n = 22; 1%). The dominant life stage of the ticks was female. Prevalence was higher for forest roe deer. Mean number of ticks found on the forest ecotype was almost fivefold higher than on the field ecotype (3.75 ± 0.83 vs. 0.77 ± 0.20 ticks). The mean probability of tick occurrence was threefold higher in the forest (0.915 ± 0.050) than the field ecotype (0.279 ± 0.125). The most infested body parts of roe deer from both ecotypes were the neck and the head.

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EcotypeForestsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsDeerFemaleGeographyIxodesLinear ModelsMaleNymphPolandTick Infestations

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PMID34017054
PMCPMC8137867
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