Table 2 The percent of records of ticks reported in the western Palaearctic, obtained through a systematic literature search in the western Palaearctic [15] tabulated against the GlobalCov land cover classification scheme
From: Perspectives on modelling the distribution of ticks for large areas: so far so good?
Category of GlobalCov | DM | DR | HM | HP | IR | RA | RB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artificial surfaces and associated areas (urban areas > 50 %) | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Bare areas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Closed (> 40 %) broadleaved deciduous forest (> 5 m) | 20 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 11 |
Closed (> 40 %) needle leaved evergreen forest (> 5 m) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Closed to open (> 15 %) (broadleaved or needleleaved, evergreen or deciduous) shrubland (< 5 m) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Closed to open (> 15 %) grassland or woody vegetation on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil - Fresh, brackish or saline water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Closed to open (> 15 %) herbaceous vegetation (grassland, savannas or lichens/mosses) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Closed to open (> 15 %) mixed broadleaved and needleleaved forest (> 5 m) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Mosaic cropland (50–70 %)/vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20–50 %) | 16 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
Mosaic forest or shrubland (50–70 %)/grassland (20–50 %) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Mosaic grassland (50–70 %)/forest or shrubland (20–50 %) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50–70 %)/cropland (20–50 %) | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 5 |
Open (15–40 %) needleleaved deciduous or evergreen forest (> 5 m) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Post-flooding or irrigated croplands (or aquatic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rainfed croplands | 34 | 34 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 21 |
Sparse (< 15 %) vegetation | 16 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 20 |