title: Long-term monitoring and population dynamics of ixodid ticks in Tomsk city (Western Siberia).
abstract: Monitoring of two tick species (Ixodes persulcatus Schulze 1930 and Ixodes pavlovskyi Pomerantsev) was performed in four city parks of Tomsk, Russia (Camp Garden, University Park, Southern Cemetery, and Polytechnic Stadium) and in a control wild biotope in city environs (Kolarovo) in 2002-2013. Ticks were collected by flagging repeatedly after each 10 ± 1 days, starting from the disappearance of the snow cover till the end of tick activity (April-August). Gradual penetration of both tick species into city parks was demonstrated. In the wild biotope, I. persulcatus dominated during the whole period of monitoring, forming about 95% of tick population, whereas in urban biotopes I. pavlovskyi became the dominant species. Two peaks of population density during each season of spring-summer activity were observed in both species. Possible explanations of the phenomena are discussed.
authors: Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia, vnremont@mail.ru.
authors: Vladimir
authors: V
authors: Romanenko
authors: Sergei
authors: S
authors: Leonovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D018884:Ixodes / Q000502:physiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012621:Seasons; D012800:Siberia
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