Mapping the Potential Distribution of Ticks in the Western Kanto Region, Japan: Predictions Based on Land-Use, Climate, and Wildlife

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 1095
• Main Authors: Doi, Kandai, Kato, Takuya, Tabata, Iori, Hayama, Shin-ichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.12.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Amblyomma; Arachnids; Bamboo; bamboos; Cervus nippon; Cities; climate; Climate models; Deer; Dispersal; Environmental protection; Forests; Geographical distribution; Habitats; Haemaphysalis flava; Haemaphysalis longicornis; humans; Ixodes; Japan; Land use; MaxEnt; Mountains; National parks; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Paguma larvata; Parasitic diseases; Population; Precipitation; Procyon lotor; Procyonidae; Public health; Residential areas; Species; Suburban areas; surveys; Sus scrofa; tick distribution; Tick-borne diseases; Ticks; Urban areas; wild boars; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; wildlife distribution; Japan; MaxEnt; tick distribution; wildlife distribution

Background: Tick distributions have changed rapidly with changes in human activity, land-use patterns, climate, and wildlife distributions over the last few decades. Methods: To estimate potential distributions of ticks, we conducted a tick survey at 134 locations in western Kanto, Japan. We estimat...