Table 1.
Abundance of I. ricinus ticks in forested urban and natural regions of Poland
| Collection site | Quality of habitat |
Abundance of
Ixodes ricinus
ticks (per 100 m
2
[95% CL]) |
Total, all months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May |
July |
September |
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| Nymphs | Females | Males | Total | Nymphs | Females | Males | Total | Nymphs | Females | Males | Total | Nymphs | Females | Males | Total | |||
| Bielański Forest |
urban |
8.3 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
10.5 |
17.5 |
4.0 |
0.5 |
22.0 |
9.5 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
13.0 |
11.8 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
15.2* |
8.8 |
| [5,3-11,3] |
[0,1-1,8] |
[0,2-2,3] |
[6,8-14,1] |
[5,4-29,6] |
[0,4-7,6] |
[0,0-4,9] |
[7,2-36,8] |
[0,0-21,6] |
[0,0-5,6] |
[0,0-5,9] |
[0,0-27,8] |
[6.0-17.6] |
[0.6-4.0] |
[0.0-3.2] |
[8.1-22.2] |
[5.9-11.6] |
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| Kabacki Forest |
3.7 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
4.2 |
6.0 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
8.5 |
9.5 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
11.0 |
6.4 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
7.9 |
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| [0,0-7,5] |
[0,0-1,3] |
[0,0-1,6] |
[0,0-8,8] |
[0,0-18,1] |
[0,0-5,1] |
[0,0-5,4] |
[0,0-23,3] |
[0,0-21,6] |
[0,0-3,6] |
[0,0-5,9] |
[0,0-25,8] |
[0.6-12.2] |
[0.0-2.3] |
[0.0-3.0] |
[0.8-15.1] |
|
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| BNP |
natural |
11.5 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
18.8 |
21.3 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
26.3 |
8.2 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
12.1 |
13.7 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
19.1* |
13.4 |
| [7,6-15,5] |
[2,2-4,5] |
[2,5-5,4] |
[14,0-23,6] |
[14,3-28,3] |
[0,3-4,4] |
[0,2-5,2] |
[17,8-34,9] |
[2,5-13,9] |
[0,5-3,9] |
[0,0-3,7] |
[5,1-19,1] |
[10.4-17.0] |
[1.7-3.6] |
[1.6-3.9] |
[15.1-23.1] |
[10.9-16.0] |
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| KNP |
1.7 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
6,8 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
4.5 |
6.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
7.3 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
6.2 |
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| [0,0-6,2] |
[0,8-3,4] |
[1,3-4,5] |
[1,4-12,2] |
[0,0-9,3] |
[0,0-2,9] |
[0,0-3,8] |
[0,0-13,0] |
[0,0-14,6] |
[0,0-2,8] |
[0,0-4,1] |
[0,0-17,7] |
[0.0-7.3] |
[0.0-2.2] |
[0.3-3.2] |
[1.3-11.0] |
|||
| MLP |
13.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
14,1 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
10.0 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
14.4 |
8.8 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
12.2* |
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| [8,6-18,1] |
[0,0-1,7] |
[0,0-2,2] |
[8,3-19,9] |
[0,0-20,1] |
[0,0-5,0] |
[0,0-11,2] |
[0,0-28,9] |
[2,3-17,7] |
[0,0-4,3] |
[0,0-5,2] |
[5,0-23,8] |
[2.3-15.2] |
[0.0-2.7] |
[0.3-4,9] |
[4.2-20.0] |
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| Total, all sites | 7.7 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
10.9 |
10.0 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
13.9 |
8.6 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
11.6 |
8.8 |
1,5 |
1.8 |
12.1 [9.3-14.9] |
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| [5.9-9.5] | [0.9-1.9] | [1.1-2.4] | [8.7-13.1] | [4.8-15.2] | [0.2-3.3] | [0.2-4.0] | [7.5-20.3] | [4,4-12.9] | [0.0-2.6] | [0.1-3.2] | [6.3-16.8] | [6.5-11.1] | [0.8-2.2] | [1.0-2.7] | ||||
CL- 95% confidence limits.
*classified as high-tick-density forests.
N- nymphs, F- females, M-males.