Fig. 3From: Migratory birds as disseminators of ticks and the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia bacteria and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus: a seasonal study at Ottenby Bird Observatory in South-eastern SwedenRelative importance of different bird species as hosts for Ixodes ricinus. a All I. ricinus specimen, b I. ricinus nymphs, and c I. ricinus larvae. Bird species from which < 30 ticks were collected were included as “other bird species”Back to article page