Table 5 Correlations (Kendall’s tau) between numbers of tick life stages/tick sex on one body part, with tick numbers of the same life stage/sex on other body parts on European roe deer from the field ecotype.

From: Fivefold higher abundance of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) forest than field ecotypes

 

Head

Neck

Front legs

Hind legs

Neck—Nymph

− 0.103

   

Front legs—Nymph

0.190

0.338**

  

Hind legs—Nymph

No

No

No

 

Abdomen—Nymph

No

No

No

No

Neck—Female

0.570***

   

Front legs—Female

0.440***

0.646***

  

Hind legs—Females

0.360**

0.614***

0.710***

 

Abdomen—Female

0.324**

0.253*

0.449***

0.382***

Neck—Male

0.732***

   

Front legs—Male

0.342**

0.481***

  

Hind legs—Male

0.488***

0.407***

0.387***

 

Abdomen—Male

0.333**

0.192

0.180

0.020

Neck—Ticks

0.616***

   

Front legs—Ticks

0.534***

0.663***

  

Hind legs—Ticks

0.453***

0.640***

0.647***

 

Abdomen—Ticks

0.368***

0.311**

0.410***

0.347**

  1. *p ≤ 0.05; ** ≤ 0.01; *** ≤ 0.001; no—no data.
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