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Identifying factors affecting individual vector burdens is essential for understanding infectious disease systems. Drawing upon data of a rodent monitoring programme conducted in nine different forest patches ...
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Open AccessAbundance estimation of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Despite the importance of roe deer as a host for Ixodes ticks in central Europe, estimates of total tick burden on roe deer are not available to date. We aimed at providing (1) estimates of life stage and sex spe...
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Open AccessDeterminants of tick-borne encephalitis in counties of southern Germany, 2001-2008
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus can cause severe symptoms in humans. The incidence of this vector-borne pathogen in humans is characterised by spatial and temporal heterogeneity. To explain the variation i...
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Open AccessTick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick bu...
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Data for estimating eaten prey masses from Eurasian lynxLynx Lynx scats in Central and East Europe
To derive a model which allows estimating eaten prey masses from lynxLynx lynx Linnaeus, 1758 scats, we fed 3 roe deerCapreolus capreolus, 2 wild boarsSus scrofa, 1 fallow deerDama dama, 1 mouflonOvis ammon musim...
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Seasonal locomotion and home-range characteristics of European hares (Lepus europaeus) in an arable region in central Germany
We studied seasonal use of space by 38 radio-tracked European hares in an arable region in central Germany over 5 years. Mean distance between successive daytime and nighttime fixes of a hare amounted to 226 m...
