Life history characteristics of birds influence patterns of tick parasitism
Introduction: Birds serve as reservoirs for tick-borne pathogens as well as hosts for multiple tick species of public health relevance. Birds may perpetuate life cycles of vectors and vector-borne pathogens and disperse disease vectors over long distances, supplementing populations at range margins...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Infection Ecology & Epidemiology |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1547096 |