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No distributional association between the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) and plant surface area
Author(s) -
Tsunoda Takashi,
Mori Keiji
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00353.x
Subject(s) - tick , haemaphysalis longicornis , biology , ixodidae , pteridium aquilinum , acari , botany , nymph , tick borne disease , zoology , ecology , fern
The questing height of the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann was studied on the plant species Solidago altissima L., Pteridium aquilinum Kuhn, Miscanthus sinensis Anderss, and Pleioblastus chino Makino in an abandoned rice field and in an ume (Japanese Apricot) orchard in a forest. On all plant species, the vertical distribution of tick adults and nymphs was not significantly correlated with the distribution of plant surface area. This result suggests that the questing height of this tick is related to the body height of its main animal host, the sika deer.