Table 1 Tick species collected by flagging by stage, year and site. Tick species diversity (Shannon’s H index) is presented as maximum plot-level diversity with average reserve-level diversity in parentheses

Site

Year

I. pacificus (A, N, L)

I. brunneus (A, N, L)

I. spinipalpis (A, N, L)

I. peromysci (A, N, L)

D. occidentalis (A, N, L)

D. variabilis (A, N, L)

H. leporispalustris (A, N, L)

Tick diversity maximum (average)