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Identification of climate conditions that determine the distribution of species is an important stage in modeling their habitats. Based on the data of the actual distribution of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus, a vector of a number of dangerous diseases of humans and animals, as well as on an analysis of the literature, the climate factors limiting its distribution are revealed. By iterating over the grid of the boundary values of these factors, the limiting climate conditions that form the habitat of this tick have been refined.
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This work was supported by the Plan of Fundamental Scientific Research of State Academies of Science, project no. 0148–2019–0009, АААА–А19–119022190173–2, for the research and development subject “Climate Change and Consequences for the Environment and Population Life and Activities on the Territory of Russia.” The meteorological data were obtained and processed due to the funding of subject 3.1.: “Development of the Methods and Technologies of Climate Servicing, including the Improvement of Models for Climate Prediction, Methods of Assessing the Consequences of Climate Changes, Climate Substantiation of National Adaptation Plans, and Monitoring of Adaptation Efficiency” according to the plan of Roshydromet.
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Popov, I.O., Popova, E.N. Identification of Climate Conditions Restricting the Distribution of the Taiga Tick Ixodes Persulcatus on the Territory of Russia and in Neighboring Countries. Dokl. Earth Sc. 493, 562–564 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X20070144
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