title: Occurrence and seasonal activity of European ticks Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the forest areas of Olsztyn.
abstract: A total of 667 ticks (82% nymphs, 10.5% females and 7.5% males) were caught at 7 selected sites within the Las Miejski in Olsztyn. The average population of ticks was 18.6 individuals/100 m2. Two peaks of tick activity were recorded: the spring peak in May and the autumn peak in August.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Plac Lódzki 3, 10-957 Olsztyn. Katarzyna.Kubiak@moskit.uwm.edu.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubiak
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dziekońska-Rynko
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jabłonowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000254:growth & development; D011044:Poland; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees / Q000469:parasitology*; D014887:Weather