Abundance of larvae and nymphs of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus Schulze (Acarina, Ixodidae) on small mammals in deforested areas in the middle taiga subzone of Karelia

• Published in: Entomological review Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 116 - 122
• Main Authors: Bugmyrin, S. V, Bespyatova, L. A, Anikanova, V. S, Ieshko, E. P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01-03-2010; SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica; Springer
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Data processing; Deforestation; Forests; Ixodes persulcatus; Ixodidae; Life Sciences; Population density; Reviews; Taiga; Territory; Zoology; Bank Vole; Small Mammal; High Population Density; Entomological Review; Common Shrew
• ISSN: 0013-8738; 1555-6689
• DOI: 10.1134/S0013873810010094

The data on long-term studies (1998-2004) of the population density of preimaginal stages of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, 1930 collected from small mammals in deforested areas (foresting during 7, 12, and 25 years after forest cutting) in the middle taiga zone of Karelia are given. The lowest population density of I. persulcatus was observed in the most recently deforested area. The territory where forestation lasted for 25 years after deforestation was the most favorable biotope for the taiga tick development. Deforested areas, in comparison with secondary forests, are characterized by significantly higher population density of preimaginal stages of ixodid ticks; this phenomenon is determined first of all by the high population density of small mammals.