Variable Strength of Forest Stand Attributes and Weather Conditions on the Questing Activity of Ixodes ricinus Ticks over Years in Managed Forests

• Ralf Lauterbach,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Konstans Wells,

  Affiliations Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Robert B. O'Hara,

  Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany

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• Elisabeth K. V. Kalko †,

  † Deceased.

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Swen C. Renner

  * E-mail: swen.renner@uni-ulm.de

  Affiliations Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, United States of America

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