The Influence of Prescribed Fire, Habitat, and Weather on Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in West-Central Illinois, USA.

Larval tick presence increased with respect to average total cover ( Figure 2 A), vine cover ( Figure 2 B), biennial cover ( Figure 2 C), leaf litter cover ( Figure 2 D), and was marginally nonsignificant for shrub cover ( Figure 2 E; Table 3 ). 3.3.

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Shrub cover was marginally insignificant but likely provided cover for O. virginianus and shade that contributes to a mesic environment [ 20 , 70 ].

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