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Table 2 Average and peak density of I. pacificus adults, nymphs and larvae in 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 by reserve (site). Densities are presented as number of ticks per 100 m2 with standard errors in parentheses

From: Lyme disease risk in southern California: abiotic and environmental drivers of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) density and infection prevalence with Borrelia burgdorferi

  

Average density

Peak density

Life stage

Site

2013–2014

2014–2015

2013–2014

2014–2015

Adults

COPR

0.017 (0.009)

0.005 (0.003)

0.1 (0.045)

0.06 (0.031)

Paradise

0.568 (0.147)

0.615 (0.164)

1.25 (0.210)

1.3 (0.520)

Sedgwick

0.039 (0.009)

0.027 (0.011)

0.28 (0.074)

0.208 (0.060)

Adults total

 

0.118 (0.047)

0.115 (0.053)

0.367 (0.096)

0.328 (0.122)

Nymphs

COPR

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Paradise

0.109 (0.050)

0.007 (0.007)

0.359 (0.123)

0.036 (0.036)

Sedgwick

0.007 (0.004)

0.025 (0.018)

0.06 (0.031)

0.147 (0.102)

Nymphs total

 

0.021 (0.011)

0.012 (0.008)

0.085 (0.034)

0.067 (0.044)

Larvae

COPR

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Paradise

0.297 (0.175)

0.201 (0.150)

0.959 (0.389)

0.6 (0.356)

Sedgwick

0.024 (0.024)

0.275 (0.204)

0.38 (0.38)

1.953 (1.311)

Larvae total

 

0.06 (0.036)

0.148 (0.089)

0.318 (0.178)

0.914 (0.564)