Modelling the effect of temperature variation on the seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus tick populations

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-522

  Hancock, Penelope A ^a,c   Brackley, Robert ^a   Palmer, Stephen C F ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Global warming; Ixodes ricinus; Population dynamics; Temperature dependent development; Tick; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DIAPAUSE; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TICK;

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79952697941     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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