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Table 3 Temporal changes in the abundance of native tick taxa

From: Community structure, seasonal variations and interactions between native and invasive cattle tick species in Benin and Burkina Faso

Year

site

Hyalomma spp

A. variegatum

Rhipicephalus spp

R. annulatus

R. decoloratus

R. geigyi

Boophilus spp

All taxa

North Benin (area #2)

       

2003–04

All sites

0.52 ± 0.08

1.19 ± 0.20

4.04 ± 0.12

0.31 ± 0.07

 

1.15 ± 0.17

1.46 ± 0.20

3.50 ± 0.47

2004–05

All sites

0.40 ± 0.14

4.13 ± 1.33

0.12 ± 0.03

0.19 ± 0.08

 

1.07 ± 0.17

1.26 ± 0.17

5.92 ± 1.50

 

Bassila

0.14 ± 0.04

4.59 ± 0.22

0.12 ± 0.04

0.12 ± 0.04

 

1.12 ± 0.18

1.28 ± 0.22

6.13 ± 1.49

 

Materi

0.67 ± 0.27

3.68 ± 0.16

0.34 ± 0.12

0.21 ± 0.06

 

1.02 ± 0.02

1.23 ± 0.17

5.71 ± 1.58

2012–13

All sites

0.79 ± 0.21

2.02 ± 0.81

0.83 ± 0.22

0.72 ± 0.28

1.12 ± 0.33

0.29 ± 0.11

2.13 ± 0.65

5.77 ± 0.92

 

2G

1.47 ± 0.40

3.33 ± 0.78

0.76 ± 0.35

0.93 ± 0.51

1.34 ± 0.55

0.35 ± 0.18

2.63 ± 0.78

8.18 ± 1.83

 

2O

0.24 ± 0.16

0.74 ± 0.50

0.91 ± 0.44

0.50 ± 0.28

0.85 ± 0.27

0.22 ± 0.09

1.58 ± 0.55

3.47 ± 0.47

Central Burkina Faso (area #4)

       

1996

All sites

7.21 ± 1.54

7.50 ± 4.14

     

7.35 ± 2.59

2012–13

All sites

1.22 ± 0.26

0.73 ± 0.17

     

0.97 ± 0.21

 

4 F

1.94 ± 0.50

0.53 ± 0.33

     

1.24 ± 0.34

 

4 K

1.26 ± 0.35

0.17 ± 0.14

     

0.72 ± 0.23

 

4 L

0.66 ± 0.28

0.007 ± 0.007

     

0.33 ± 0.14

 

4Z

0.23 ± 0.12

0.056 ± 0.037

     

0.14 ± 0.06

  1. The mean monthly abundance of adult ticks/steer were computed from the data collected in 1996 [7], 2003–04 [9], 2004–05 [8] and 2012–13 (present study); the standard error of the mean refers to the variations observed during the 12 months of each survey. Boophilus spp includes the three native species of this subgenus (R. annulatus, R. decoloratus and R. geigyi)