Linking disease and community ecology through behavioural indicators: Immunochallenge of white-footed mice and its ecological impacts

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-214

  Schwanz, Lisa E ^a   Brisson, Dustin ^b   Gomes Solecki, Maria ^c   Ostfeld, Richard S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural indicators; Black legged tick; Borrelia burgdorferi; GUDs; Gypsy moth; Indirect community effect; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease ecology; Quitting harvest rate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MOUSE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IXODES; MALE; MICE; MOTHS; PEROMYSCUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; LYMANTRIA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 78650003907     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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