Figure 1.

Associations of the prevalence of I. hookeri in questing nymphs with (A) the density of I. ricinus larvae (DOL), (B) density of nymphs (DON), and (C) density of adults (DOA) in the 19 forest sites (Table S4 and Figure S2). The density is presented per 1200 m². Grey shading around the black regression line represents standard errors. All presented associations are significant (p < 0.0001). Equations of all models, AIC values and results of the likelihood ratio test are provided in Table S3.