Table 5 Relative importance of mustelids for feeding the different stages of I. ricinus and for infecting I. ricinus larvae with B. burgdorferi (s.l.). Vertebrate species considered in our model host-community and the density that was used in these calculations. Mustelid species are shown in bold
Species | Density (1 km-2) | Average I. ricinus burden | Realized reservoir competence | Relative importance for feeding/infecting (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larvae | Nymphs | Adults | Larvae | Nymphs | Adults | B. burgdorferi (s.l.) | |||
Apodemus sylvaticus | 1200 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 31.8 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 15.8 |
Microtus agrestis | 1000 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 28.6 | 14.8 | 1.2 | 51.6 |
Myodes glareolus | 1200 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 28.7 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 |
Erinaceus europaeus | 1 | 119.9 | 58.7 | 10.5 | na | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | na |
Capreolus capreolus | 11 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 25.3 | na | 1.1 | 7.6 | 91.0 | na |
Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.2 | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | na |
Meles meles | 2.52 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | na |
Mustela putorius | 0.84 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | na |
Martes martes | 0.44 | 47.5 | 1.0 | 3.6 | na | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | na |
Martes foina | 0.44 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | na |
Cyanistes caeruleus | 200 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | na | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | na |
Erithacus rubecula | 80 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Fringilla coelebs | 100 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | na | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | na |
Parus major | 100 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Phylloscopus collybita | 100 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | na | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | na |
Prunella modularis | 200 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Sylvia atricapilla | 40 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Turdus merula | 200 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 32.5 | 1.4 | 8.5 |
Turdus philomelos | 80 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 |