[Abundance of ixodid ticks (Ixodidae) in pastures situated near villages of East Kazakhstan Province].
Abudance of adult ixodid ticks on pastures situated near villages of East Kazakhstan Province has been festinated using the method or exhaustive capture. The number of adult ticks collected by flagging in the pastures with different ecological conditions varied in spring and autumm periods from 513 to 1036 per hectare. Dermacentor marginatus was found to be absolutely dominating species; D. reticulatus showed small abundance; Ixodes pavlovskyi, I. persulcatus and Haemaphysalis concinna occurred sporadically in few pastures. The diversity of tick fauna correlates with the diversity of cover in pasture. In our collections females dominated over males constituting 60-70% of adult ticks.
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Evkurov
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Romanenko
D000818:Animals; D026863:Ixodidae; D007623:Kazakhstan; D011156:Population Density