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Estrada-Pena, Agustín
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Farkas, Robert
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Jaenson, Thomas G.T.
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Koenen, Frank
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Madder, Maxime
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Pascucci, Ilaria
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Salman, Mo
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Tarres-Call, Jordi
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Jongejan, Frans
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2013-05-02T07:17:39Z |
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2013-05-02T07:17:39Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We compiled information on the distribution of ticks in the western Palearctic
(11 W, 45 E; 29 N, 71 N), published during 1970–2010. The literature search was filtered
by the tick’s species name and an unambiguous reference to the point of capture. Records
from some curated collections were included. We focused on tick species of importance to human and animal health, in particular: Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus,
D. reticulatus, Haemaphysalis punctata, H. sulcata, Hyalomma marginatum, Hy. lusitanicum,
Rhipicephalus annulatus, R. bursa, and the R. sanguineus group. A few records of
other species (I. canisuga, I. hexagonus, Hy. impeltatum, Hy. anatolicum, Hy. excavatum,
Hy. scupense) were also included. A total of 10,280 records was included in the data set.
Almost 42 % of published references are not adequately referenced (and not included in
the data set), host is reported for only 61 % of records and a reference to time of collection
is missed for 84 % of published records. Ixodes ricinus accounted for 44.3 % of total
records, with H. marginatum and D. marginatus accounting for 7.1 and 8.1 % of records,
respectively. The lack of homogeneity of the references and potential pitfalls in the
compilation were addressed to create a digital data set of the records of the ticks. We
attached to every record a coherent set of quantitative descriptors for the site of reporting,
namely gridded interpolated monthly climate and remotely sensed data on vegetation
(NDVI). We also attached categorical descriptors of the habitat: a standard classification of
land biomes and an ad hoc classification of the target territory from remotely sensed
temperature and NDVI data. A descriptive analysis of the data revealed that a principal
components reduction of the environmental (temperature and NDVI) variables described
the distribution of the species in the target territory. However, categorical descriptors of the
habitat were less effective. We stressed the importance of building reliable collections of
ticks with specific references as to collection point, host and date of capture. The data set is
freely downloadable. |
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am2013 |
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dc.description.librarian |
ab2013 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The data set produced for this paper was a joint effort made possible in part by the
International Consortium of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2 and 3, funded by the European Union, with
contracts numbers ICA4-CT-2000-30006 and No. 510561, respectively. AEP wants to acknowledge the
productive discussions with members of ArboZoonet, an International Network for Capacity Building for
the Control of Emerging Viral Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases, project number 211757 under European
Union FP7 framework. JTC is employed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The positions and opinions presented in this article are those of the authors alone and are not intended to represent the views or
scientific works of EFSA. Parts of the data set were compiled with records curated in the collection of the
Institute of Parasitology of the Czech Republic, with the help of Frantı´sek Dusba´bek and the support of the
European Union Concerted Action of Lyme Borreliosis. Parts of this work were supported by the project
AGL2009-10797, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.springerlink.com/content/100158/ |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Estrada-Pena, A, Farkas, R, Jaenson, TGT, Koenen, F, Madder, M, Pascucci, I, Salman, M, Tarres-Call, J & Jongejan, F 2013, 'Association of environmental traits with the geographic ranges of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of medical and veterinary importance in the western Palearctic', Experimental and Applied Acarology, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 351-366. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0168-8162 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1572-9702 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1007/s10493-012-9600-7 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21423 |
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en |
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Springer |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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dc.rights |
© Springer-Verlag 2010. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
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dc.subject |
Distribution |
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dc.subject |
Western Palearctic |
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dc.subject |
Compilation |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ixodidae |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ticks |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Palearctic |
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dc.title |
Association of environmental traits with the geographic ranges of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of medical and veterinary importance in the Western Palearctic : a digital data set |
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dc.type |
Article |
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