title: Ticks infesting birds in Atlantic Forest fragments in Rio Claro, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: In the present study, we report tick infestations on wild birds in plots of the Atlantic Forest reforested fragments with native species and plots reforested with Eucalyptus tereticornis in the municipality of Rio Claro, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A total of 256 birds were captured: 137 individuals of 33 species, in planted native forest; and 128 individuals of 37 species, in planted Eucalyptus tereticornis forest. Nymphs of two tick species were found on the birds: Amblyomma calcaratum and Amblyomma longirostre, the former was more abundant in the fragments reforested with Atlantic forest native species, and the latter in the fragment reforested with E. tereticornis. New host records were presented for A. calcaratum.
authors.forename: Gustavo Seron
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sanches
authors.forename: Thiago Fernandes
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Ileyne Tenório
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Luís Flávio da Silva
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Pablo Henrique
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Maria Izabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Camargo-Mathias
authors.forename: Marcelo Bahia
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Labruna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D065928:Forests; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*