Fig. 2From: The influence of red deer space use on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in the landscapeA conceptual figure of the dispersal potential for ticks that is offered by one typical red deer (95Â % kernel covering 232Â ha) and one typical rodent (blue circle). The isoclines depict kernel values for the red deer, from a 10Â % kernel value in the innermost circle, to a 95Â % kernel in the outermost circle, using 5Â % intervals for each isocline. The data outside the 95Â % isocline were given 100Â % as the kernel value. The small drawing of a vole inside the 10Â % kernel covers approximately one large mouse home range, ~ 0.5Â ha. The red circles illustrate the twelve tick survey plots along one transectBack to article page