The relationships between habitat topology, critical scales of connectivity and tick abundance Ixodes ricinus in a heterogeneous landscape in northern Spain

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Graph models of habitat mosaics. (2009, unknown): “Estrada-Pena (2003) followed a similar approach in northern Spain, using ticks (Ixodes ricinus) as indicators for the movements of their hosts; he was able to identify important stepping-stones as well as isolated habitat patches based on relative tick abundances.”
Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe (2013, background): “The movement of ticks into new areas does not necessarily result in an established population, but the success rate can be higher in less fragmented habitats with suitable vegetation, climate and host availability [58].”
Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review (2012, methodology): “For example, Estrada-Peña (2003) applied time weights to the resistance surface by increasing weights as a function of distance to emulate tick feeding time on hosts.”
Local habitat and landscape affect Ixodes ricinus tick abundances in forests on poor, sandy soils (2012, background): “…local habitat features, the structure of the surrounding landscape also has a strong potential to influence tick populations through changes in Estrada-Peña (2003) demonstrated that habitat patches with high tick abundance form part of a network of corridors linking patches of high tick…”