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Table 4 Density of ticks in heather and forest.

From: Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands

Location

Heumensoord

Bergherbos

Leusderheide

Hullenberg

 

Heather

Forest

Heather

Forest

Heather

Forest

Heather

Forest

Tick density [100 m-2]

12.5

72.5

3.3

16.5

19.5

102

8.5

51.0

95% CI

10-15

65-79

1-6

11-22

15-24

90-110

5-12

42-61

Lizard density [ha-1]

< 50

0

75

0

100

0

100

0

Ticks per lizard

2.7 (18)

 

2.4 (25)

 

2.9 (19)

 

1.9 (30)

 
  1. Values are averages of 4 measurements and a 95% confidence interval was calculated with bootstrap analysis with 5000 replications (QP 3.0). Lizard densities were estimated based on data of the national reptile monitoring network [56].