Tick parasitism is associated with home range area in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10018" target="_blank" >10.1163/15685381-bja10018</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tick parasitism is associated with home range area in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis
Original language description
The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a common species in Europe that inhabits a wide range of habitats, including anthropogenic environments. it is a frequent carrier of common ticks (Ixodes ricinus), which poses a severe threat to the lizards health. We determined the living space used by lizards in a rapidly changing environment and ascertained the number of parasitic ticks found throughout the reptiles active season. We conducted telemetry research on a dynamically developing housing estate located on the outskirts of the city of Zielona Gora (western Poland) in 2016-2017. We obtained data from 16 adult lizards, from which we collected 2529 ticks. Using generalized linear models (GLMs), we determined the relationships among the number of transmitted parasites, size of occupied areas (minimum convex polygon, MCP), the weight of lizards, and sex of lizards. Results indicated that the number of ticks was negatively correlated with lizard body mass, but positively correlated with home range. Sex was no
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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