Table 1 Number of ectoparasite species on different host species at three different locations in Germany
Number of ectoparasite species simultaneously infesting a single host | Number of ectoparasite species infesting a host species (percentage of infested host in group of all infested hosts) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apodemus sylv aticus (n =36) | Apodemus flavicollis (n =247) | Myodes glareolus (n = 473) | Apodemus agrarius (n = 4) | Sorex spp. (n = 6) | Microtus arvalis (n = 8) | Microtus agrestis (n = 1) | All species (n = 775) | |
0 | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (4.9%) | 68 (14.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 86 (11.2%) |
1 | 10 (27.7%) | 64 (25.9%) | 175 (37.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | 1 (12.5%)) | 0 (0.0%) | 253 (32.6%) |
2 | 9 (25.0%) | 75 (30.4%) | 151 (31.9%) | 3 (75.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (50.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 242 (31.2%) |
3 | 8 (22.2%) | 75 (30.4%) | 61 (12.9%) | 1 (25.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 146 (18.8%) |
≥ 4 | 9 (25.0%) | 21 (8.5%) | 18 (3.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 48 (6.2%) |