Habitat properties are key drivers of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) prevalence in Ixodes ricinus populations of deciduous forest fragments

Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests

(2017) François-Xavier Joly et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Molecular identification of novel phlebovirus sequences in European ticks

(2017) Maren Prinz et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Environmental drivers of Ixodes ricinus abundance in forest fragments of rural European landscapes

(2017) Steffen Ehrmann et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Quantifying dilution and amplification in a community of hosts for tick-borne pathogens

(2016) Taal Levi et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Few vertebrate species dominate theBorrelia burgdorferis.l. life cycle

(2016) T R Hofmeester et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Response of small mammals to variable agricultural landscapes in Central Europe

(2016) Eva Janova et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Effect of landscape features on the relationship between Ixodes ricinus ticks and their small mammal hosts

(2016) Grégoire Perez et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Nested coevolutionary networks shape the ecological relationships of ticks, hosts, and the Lyme disease bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) complex

(2016) Agustín Estrada-Peña et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Diversifying forest communities may change Lyme disease risk: extra dimension to the dilution effect in Europe

(2016) SANNE C. RUYTS et al.   PARASITOLOGY

The contribution of patch-scale conditions is greater than that of macroclimate in explaining local plant diversity in fragmented forests across Europe

(2015) Alicia Valdés et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems

(2015) N. M. Haddad et al.   Science Advances

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus ticks in northern Europe with particular reference to Southern Sweden

(2014) John H-O Pettersson et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Influence of Different Forest System Management Practices on Leaf Litter Decomposition Rates, Nutrient Dynamics and the Activity of Ligninolytic Enzymes: A Case Study from Central European Forests

(2014) Witoon Purahong et al.   PLoS One

Ontogenetic niche shifts matter in community ecology: a review and future perspectives

(2014) Takefumi Nakazawa   POPULATION ECOLOGY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Shrub clearing adversely affects the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks

(2013) Wesley Tack et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

The ecology of tick-borne diseases

(2013) Miriam Pfäffle et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Rethinking patch size and isolation effects: the habitat amount hypothesis

(2013) Lenore Fahrig   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

(2013) Jolyon M Medlock et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Spatio-temporal effects of forest canopy on understory microclimate in a long-term experiment in Switzerland

(2012) Georg von Arx et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Which forest bird species are the main hosts of the tick, Ixodes ricinus, the vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, during the breeding season?

(2012) M. Marsot et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Host–parasite interactions in a fragmented landscape

(2012) A.R. Renwick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Impact of Climate Trends on Tick-Borne Pathogen Transmission

(2012) Agustín Estrada-Peña et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The fine-scale utilization of forest edges by mammalian mesopredators related to patch size and conservation issues in Central European farmland

(2011) Jaroslav Červinka et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The effects of sampling method and vegetation type on the estimated abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in forests

(2011) Wesley Tack et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Local habitat and landscape affect Ixodes ricinus tick abundances in forests on poor, sandy soils

(2011) Wesley Tack et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Lyme borreliosis

(2011) Gerold Stanek et al.   LANCET

Landscape composition influences roe deer habitat selection at both home range and landscape scales

(2011) Nicolas Morellet et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Ecological Factors Characterizing the Prevalence of Bacterial Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Pastures and Woodlands

(2010) L. Halos et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Global Mapping of Ecosystem Disservices: The Unspoken Reality that Nature Sometimes Kills us

(2010) Robert R. Dunn   BIOTROPICA

Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

(2010) Lenore Fahrig et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution

(2009) A. G. Gatewood et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Do ungulates preferentially feed in forest gaps in European temperate forest?

(2009) D.P.J. Kuijper et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Diversity of Ixodes ricinus tick-associated bacterial communities from different forests

(2008) Leo Van Overbeek et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Analysis of the distribution of the tick Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae) in a nature reserve of western Germany using Geographic Information Systems

(2008) Alexandra Schwarz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY