Publications

diversionary role of hoofed game in the transmission of lyme disease spirochetes.	to determine whether the presence of ungulates may inhibit transmission of the agent of lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi) while promoting the abundance of its european vector tick (ixodes ricinus), we compared the feeding density of subadult ticks on roe deer (capreolus capreolus), red deer (cervus elaphus), fallow deer (dama dama), and wild sheep (ovis ammon) near berlin and in brandenburg state, germany. the prevalence of spirochetal infection in these ticks was compared with that in ticks s ...	1993	8517488
evidence for an increased geographical distribution of dermacentor reticulatus in germany and detection of rickettsia sp. rpa4.	two studies were performed to elucidate the current distribution of the tick dermacentor reticulatus in germany. in the first one in 2003, a total of 365 dogs from 171 sites in the states of berlin and brandenburg was screened for ticks, and the corresponding outdoor sites that the dogs usually visited were searched for host-seeking ticks by the flagging method. a total of 1155 ticks was removed from the dogs. the majority were ixodes ricinus (88.5%), followed by d. reticulatus (9.1%) and i. hex ...	2006	16524777
synchrony in hunting bags: reaction on climatic and human induced changes?	human induced land use changes negatively impact the viability of many wildlife species through habitat modifications and mortality, while some species seem to benefit from it. roe deer (capreolus capreolus), a wide spread ungulate increased both its abundance and range throughout europe. this pattern is also reflected in the increasing hunting bags over the last 40 years. such a development raises questions about the relationship between human hunting and population dynamics and, in particular, ...	2014	24008076