Mark‐release‐recapture of ticks: A case study of estimating the abundance of Ixodes persulcatus (Acari, Ixodidae)

• Published in: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
• Main Authors: Bugmyrin, Sergey V., Gorbach, Vyacheslav V.
• Other Authors: Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Petersen; taiga
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12565; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mve.12565; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/mve.12565

Abstract In this study, we tested the applicability of three common methods of absolute abundance estimation—Peterson, Bailey and Jolly‐Seber—to Ixodes persulcatus ticks based on mark‐release‐recapture data. The ticks were collected by flagging during the seasonal activity peak of the ticks in the m...