Localized deer absence leads to tick amplification

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1981-1986

  Perkins, Sarah E ^a   Cattadori, Isabella M ^a   Tagliapietra, Valentina ^b   Rizzoli, Annapaola P ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deer exclosures; Dilution effect; Disease control; Hotspots; Rodents; TBE; Tick amplification; Tick reduction; Tick borne disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; TICK;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33747036132     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1981:LDALTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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