A modified matrix model to describe the seasonal population ecology of the European tick Ixodes ricinus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1017-1028

  Dobson, Andrew D M ^a   Finnie, Thomas J R ^b   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate dependence; Ecology; Ixodes ricinus; Population model; Public health risk; Seasonal dynamics; Tick; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONALITY; SHEEP; TICK;

SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEXAPODA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79959845437     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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