Table 1 An overview of samples sizes of small mammals captured during spring and fall 2014 in two study sites (Ang = Angedalen; For = Førde west) in Sogn & Fjordane county, Norway. The table shows abundances and percentages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps life stages on given small mammal species, and the prevalence (Prev) and mean intensity (Int) calculated across tick species and life stages
Spring | Fall | I. ricinus larvae | I. ricinus nymphs | I. trianguliceps larvae | I. trianguliceps nymphs | I. trianguliceps adults | Prev | Int | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ang | For | Ang | For | Sum | Sum | % | Sum | % | Sum | % | Sum | % | Sum | % | |||
Apodemus flavicollis | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 19 | 2.8 | 3 | 4.7 | 1 | 100 | 81.8 | 3.9 | ||||
Apodemus sylvaticus | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 222 | 20.4 | 3 | 15 | 67 | 10.0 | 3 | 4.7 | 80.0 | 13.4 | ||
Microtus agrestis | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 4.3 | 12 | 60 | 43 | 6.4 | 2 | 3.1 | 82.6 | 5.8 | ||
Myodes glareolus | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 30 | 118 | 10.9 | 2 | 10 | 64 | 9.5 | 8 | 12.5 | 88.9 | 6.9 | ||
Neomys fodiens | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.6 | 8 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.6 | 66.7 | 7.5 | ||||||
Sorex araneus | 2 | 4 | 123 | 103 | 232 | 672 | 61.9 | 3 | 15 | 436 | 64.9 | 47 | 73.4 | 71.0 | 7.0 | ||
Sorex minutus | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 0.8 | 35 | 5.2 | 34.2 | 4.9 | |||||||
Unknown | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Sum | 12 | 12 | 173 | 162 | 359 | 1086 | 20 | 672 | 64 | 1 | |||||||