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Table 3. Density of questing ticks and percentage of positive transects in closed and transitional environments in periurban (PU) and control (C) sites

From: Questing tick abundance in urban and peri-urban parks in the French city of Lyon

Time frame

Entire period

June

Site

PU

C

PU

C

Tick number/area (m2)

490/3530

493/500

223/640

191/100

Density/10 m2

1.4

9.9

3.5

19.1

Positive transects/total transects

138/353

40/50

48/64

10/10

Percentage

39

80

75

100

  1. Notes: Entire period: cumulative data for all five months; Tick number/area (m2): total number of ticks/sampled area in m2 in closed and transitional environments; positive transects/total transects: number of tick-positive transects/total number of transects in closed and transitional environments