Poleward expansion of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) under climate change: Implications for the spread of lyme disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Roy Dufresne, Emilie ^a   Logan, Travis ^b   Simon, Julie A ^a   Chmura, Gail L ^a   Millien, Virginie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ouranos Consortium ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; LYME DISEASE; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUEBEC;

EID: 84894048153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080724     Document Type: Article

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