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18402137

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Ongoing work in oak woods in Killarney National Park in southwestern Ireland is focusing on the factors influencing the fine-scale aggregated distribution of Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae) on the ground. The extent of reuse of stems of vegetation as questing points by adult ticks was determined by paint-marking stems on which ticks were found, counting and removing these ticks, and subsequently reexamining the same stems for ticks on two further occasions. Overall, an estimated 2,967 stems in 123 separate rush plants (Juncus effusus L.) were examined. Statistical analysis of the data demonstrated a highly significant reoccupancy by ticks of stems previously and recently used. Furthermore, it is shown that the extent of stem reuse by ticks is significantly and positively correlated with the numbers of ticks originally observed on those stems. Although other factors may be involved in generating clumping of ticks, the results are compatible with the proposition that aggregation of I. ricinus on the ground is pheromone-mediated. The findings are discussed in relation to what is known about the powers of lateral movement of I. ricinus on the ground and the possible implications for the performance of tick traps.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-2585
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Aggregation in the tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae): use and reuse of questing vantage points.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, University College, Cork, Ireland. e.healy@cs.ucc.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't