[ 69 ] for Germany, we report here higher tick infestation rates for short-distance migrants and sedentary birds, with a clear trend in ground- or shrub-feeding birds, rather than long-distance migrant or foliage gleaners.
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Impact of abiotic factors, habitat type and urban wildlife on the ecology of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in urban and peri-urban habitats.
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There was a significant positive correlation between the mean temperature, the AIT (rho = 0.369, P < 0.01), and the AIL (rho = 0.428, P < 0.01), while the AIA (correlation was marginally non-significant) showed a decrease in abundance with the increase of the mean temperature.