Mammal community composition and season determine the abundance of questing ticks in mountainous forests of central Japan.

Hayato Iijima, Kaori Morishima, Hirotaka Komine, Yuya Watari, Kandai Doi, Kimiko Okabe

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Comprehensive records of collected tick species data in Japan.Data in brief · 2025
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Hayato IijimaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Kaori MorishimaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Hirotaka KomineFaculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 1-23, Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0037, Japan.

Yuya WatariForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Kandai DoiForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

Kimiko OkabeForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.

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Abstract

Understanding the ecological drivers of tick abundance is crucial to mitigate the growing risk of tick-borne diseases such as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in Japan. This study investigates how mammal community composition and seasonality affect the abundance of questing ticks in mountainous forests of Gifu Prefecture, a border region of the SFTS endemic zone. Camera traps were used to monitor mammal species, and questing ticks were collected monthly via flagging along transects in 10 forest plots during 2021-2022. We recorded 14 mammal species including small-sized mammals like mice, medium-sized mammals like raccoon dog (

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HaemaphysalisSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndromeSika deerTick-borne diseasesTick phenology

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PMID40746912

DOI10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101120

PMCPMC12312105

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