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. 2018 Mar 22;9(2):36. doi: 10.3390/insects9020036

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Comparison of larval Amblyomma americanum (L.) presence (n = 19) and absence (n = 41) on transects during all sample periods with respect to (A) Average total vegetation cover, (B) Average vine cover, (C) Average biennial cover, (D) Average leaf litter cover, and (E) Average shrub cover. Ticks were collected in 2015 and 2016 at Alice L. Kibbe Field Station in Hancock County, west-central Illinois. Presence indicates ≥ 1 larval tick was collected on a transect during the sample periods; absence indicates no larval ticks were collected.