The ecology of fear: Host foraging behavior varies with the spatio-temporal abundance of a dominant ectoparasite

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-74

  Fritzsche, Alexa ^a,b   Allan, Brian F ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology of fear; giving up density (GUD); host parasite interactions; tick borne diseases; ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAMMALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863213099     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0744-z     Document Type: Article

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