title: [The distribution characteristics of the taiga tick (Ixodidae) in the city of Tomsk].
abstract: The study conducted in 1996-1997 has shown that in large town lads there is a steady population of the taiga tick with the maximum number 3 specimens per 1 km of account route. In these lads there are well developed wood and shrub layer, grass cover and thick ground litter layer. Tick larvae often occur on rodents from these territories. In lads and gardens, where the ground litter is ruined and herbal cover is oppressed, the taiga ticks do not occur. In outskirts the number of ticks is higher. Abundance of ticks in these areas has an inverted dependence upon recreational load degree.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Romanenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D018884:Ixodes; D007814:Larva; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology; D009758:Nymph; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D012800:Siberia