Accelerated phenology of blacklegged ticks under climate warming

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1665, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Levi, Taal ^a,b   Keesing, Felicia ^c   Oggenfuss, Kelly ^b   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasmosis; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Phenological mismatch; Powassan virus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; PHENOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL; SYNCHRONY; TICK;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; POWASSAN VIRUS;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923016709     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0556     Document Type: Article

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