The generalist tick Ixodes ricinus and the specialist tick Ixodes trianguliceps on shrews and rodents in a northern forest ecosystem--a role of body size even among small hosts.
There was a highly significant interaction between season and tick species (z = 3.73, p < 0.001, Fig. 2 ) .
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