ASSESSMENT OF A LINE TRANSECT FIELD METHOD TO DETERMINE WINTER TICK ABUNDANCE ON MOOSE
ABSTRACT: High infestations of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) can exact high physiological costs on moose and are associated with high rates of juvenile mortality. Quantifying tick abundance on moose may help managers calculate overall mortality rates for moose and make harvest recommenda-tio...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.686.5197 2023-05-15T13:13:13+02:00 ASSESSMENT OF A LINE TRANSECT FIELD METHOD TO DETERMINE WINTER TICK ABUNDANCE ON MOOSE Meghan Sine Karen Morris The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.686.5197 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/download/24/22/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.686.5197 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/download/24/22/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/download/24/22/ Key words Alces alces Dermacentor albipictus index monitoring moose winter ticks. Winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T18:09:11Z ABSTRACT: High infestations of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) can exact high physiological costs on moose and are associated with high rates of juvenile mortality. Quantifying tick abundance on moose may help managers calculate overall mortality rates for moose and make harvest recommenda-tions. We compared winter tick counts along hair transects on samples of moose hides to tick counts obtained from chemical digestion of those same samples. Winter tick counts from the two methods were strongly correlated (P <0.001, r2 = 0.88, n = 31). We field-tested the hair transect count method to determine its practicality at moose check stations. Tick counts on 4 body areas per moose (n = 60) generally took ≤10 minutes and were rapid, non-destructive, inexpensive, and easily employed. This method has potential to serve as an effective method to index winter tick loads on moose. ALCES VOL. 45: 143-146 (2009) Text Alces alces Unknown |
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ABSTRACT: High infestations of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) can exact high physiological costs on moose and are associated with high rates of juvenile mortality. Quantifying tick abundance on moose may help managers calculate overall mortality rates for moose and make harvest recommenda-tions. We compared winter tick counts along hair transects on samples of moose hides to tick counts obtained from chemical digestion of those same samples. Winter tick counts from the two methods were strongly correlated (P <0.001, r2 = 0.88, n = 31). We field-tested the hair transect count method to determine its practicality at moose check stations. Tick counts on 4 body areas per moose (n = 60) generally took ≤10 minutes and were rapid, non-destructive, inexpensive, and easily employed. This method has potential to serve as an effective method to index winter tick loads on moose. ALCES VOL. 45: 143-146 (2009) |
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