Distribution and abundance of the tick Ixodes uriae in a diverse subantarctic seabird community

• Main Authors: Bergström, Sven, Haemig, Paul D., Olsen, Björn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Society of Parasitologists 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Burrows; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Macaroni penguin
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503017/

At Bird Island, South Georgia, we surveyed the distribution and abundance of ticks on the vertebrate fauna and found only 1 species Ixodes uriae. We classified all seabird species into 3 groups: (1) seabirds nesting on the surface of the ground solitarily, in dispersed groups of a few nests, or in c...