Blar i Institutt for natur, helse og miljø på forfatter "De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas"
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Do bank voles (Myodes glareolus) trapped in live and lethal traps show differences in tick burden?
De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Korslund, Lars; Steifetten, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In studies assessing tick abundance, the use of live traps to capture and euthanize rodent hosts is a commonly used method to determine their burden. However, captive animals can experience debilitating or fatal capture ... -
High-elevational occurrence of two tick species, Ixodes ricinus and I. trianguliceps, at their northern distribution range
De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Korslund, Lars; Steifetten, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: During the last decades a northward and upward range shift has been observed among many organisms across different taxa. In the northern hemisphere, ticks have been observed to have increased their latitudinal ... -
Host in reserve: The role of common shrews (Sorex araneus) as a supplementary source of tick hosts in small mammal communities influenced by rodent population cycles
De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Korslund, Lars; Steifetten, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Rodents often act as important hosts for ticks and as pathogen reservoirs. At north -ern latitudes, rodents often undergo multi- annual population cycles, and the peri -odic absence of certain hosts may inhibit the survival ...