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Forest classes and tree cover gradient: tick habitat in encroached areas of southern Norway

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Vanwambeke, Sophie [UCL] Van Doninck, Jasper [UCL] Artois, Jean [UCL] Davidson, R. K. Meyfroidt, Patrick [UCL] Jore, S.

Forest, in particular deciduous forest, is a key element in determining areas with a high probability of tick presence. The way forest is generally monitored may be ill suited to some landscapes where Ixodes ricinus is found, as forest is usually characterised using crisp land cover classes. However, tree vegetation can be found outside of forests and continuous gradations of tree density can be found in a variety of landscapes. In this paper we investigate the probability of tick presence in southern Norway using landscape description based both on land cover classes and continuous data describing the tree cover fraction. Both perspectives on the landscape are significant in the logistic model, indicating that the usual approach based solely on land cover classes may not be comprehensive enough in capturing tick habitat, and characterising the landscape with variables focused on single specific elements may be insufficient.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Experimental & Applied Acarology" - Vol. 68, no. 3, p. 375-385 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht)
issn 0168-8162
e-issn 1572-9702
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
Keywords Ixodes ricinus ; Forest land cover ; Landscape structure ; Forest gradient
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Bibliographic reference Vanwambeke, Sophie ; Van Doninck, Jasper ; Artois, Jean ; Davidson, R. K. ; Meyfroidt, Patrick ; et. al. Forest classes and tree cover gradient: tick habitat in encroached areas of southern Norway. In: Experimental & Applied Acarology, Vol. 68, no. 3, p. 375-385 (2015)
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