Diluting the dilution effect: A spatial Lyme model provides evidence for the importance of habitat fragmentation with regard to the risk of infection

Geospatial Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-155

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat patchiness; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Recruitment of infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68849114614     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2009.217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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