Effect of landscape features on the relationship between Ixodes ricinus ticks and their small mammal hosts

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 I. ricinus larval burden of small mammals as a function of the larval occurrence index

	Total number of larvae attached on rodents per trap-line
Host species	Spring				Autumn
Host species	Estimate (± SE)	R²	t	p	Estimate (± SE)	R²	t	p
Wood mice	2.66 (±1.15)	0.194	2.30	0.031	4.12 (±1.91)	0.175	2.16	0.042
Bank voles	−0.019 (±0.060)	0.004	−0.314	0.757	0.400 (±0.355)	0.054	1.13	0.271
Both rodent species	2.64 (±1.16)	0.191	2.28	0.032	4.52 (±1.92)	0.202	2.36	0.028
	Mean number of larvae attached per individual rodent per trap-line
Host species	Spring				Autumn
Host species	Estimate (± SE)	R²	t	p	Estimate (± SE)	R²	t	p
Wood mice	0.185 (±0.125)	0.094	1.47	0.155	0.335 (±0.154)	0.177	2.17	0.041
Bank voles	0.010 (±0.042)	0.004	0.251	0.805	0.114 (±0.080)	0.102	1.43	0.170
Both rodent species	0.197(±0.141)	0.109	1.40	0.180	0.474 (±0.185)	0.267	2.56	0.020

Linear models of (1) the total number of attached I. ricinus larvae per trap-line on wood mice, bank voles and both rodent species and (2) the mean number of I. ricinus larvae per individual rodent per trap-line for wood mice, bank voles and both rodent species as a function of the larval occurrence index in 2012. Significant estimates are in bold (p < 0.05)

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