R. E. Rollins

The study shows that German ticks morphologically identified as Ixodes inopinatus are genetically Ixodes ricinus, not I. inopinatus, and mitochondrial data alone cannot distinguish between the two species.

The paper examines how exploratory behavior and human recreation influence tick infestation probability in great tits, finding that infestation likelihood increases with these factors while body condition negatively affects tick burden.