Habitat heterogeneity, dispersal, and local risk of exposure to Lyme disease

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-378

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Disease; Dispersal; Habitat heterogeneity; Host parasite model; Ixodes; Landscape ecology; Lyme disease; New York, USA; Peromyscus leucopus; Simulation model; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; HOST SPECIES; INFECTION PREVALENCE; LYME DISEASE; TICK;

NEW YORK; USA;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0031959915     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0365:hhdalr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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