%0 Journal Article %T Effect of landscape features on the relationship between Ixodes ricinus ticks and their small mammal hosts %A Agn¨¨s Bouju %A Alain Butet %A Albert Agoulon %A Axelle Durand %A Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Faille %A Gr¨¦goire Perez %A Isabelle Lebert %A Olivier Plantard %A Suzanne Bastian %A Yann Rantier %J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors". %D 2016 %R 10.1186/s13071-016-1296-9 %X The consequences of land use changes are among the most cited causes of emerging infectious diseases because they can modify the ecology and transmission of pathogens. This is particularly true for vector-borne diseases which depend on abiotic (e.g. climate) and biotic conditions (i.e. hosts and vectors). In this study, we investigated how landscape features affect the abundances of small mammals and Ixodes ricinus ticks, and how they influence their relationship %K Agricultural landscape %K Forest landscapes %K Ixodes ricinus %K Apodemus sylvaticus %K Myodes glareolus %K Ecotone %K Host-parasite system %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714450/