Ticks are obligate blood-sucking arthropods, which can transmit a great variety of pathogenic microorganisms,and their characteristics in ecology are fundamental for the spatial and temporal variation of tick- borne diseases. Theresearches in ecology of ticks were mainly at the individual and population levels, which have lagged far behind that ofinsects just for their particularities. We introduced the advances in the studies of the tick fauna and their habitats, lifecycle, the hosts and their interactions...