Ectoparasite infestations of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are associated with small-scale landscape structures in an urban-suburban environment

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-413

  Thamm, Sven ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Wells, Konstans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Ixodes; Landscape structure; Macroparasite epidemics; Matrix heterogeneity; Spatial epidemiology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEDGEHOG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; POLICY; POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GERMANY; HEDGEHOGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TICKS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 77957329162     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0268-3     Document Type: Article

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