Climatic stress decreases tick survival but increases rate of host‐seeking behavior

Abstract Ticks are vectors of many diseases and are expanding in geographic distribution. However, how ticks will fare in their new environments, where they may experience stressful climatic conditions at the expansion front, remains unclear. Since there is a trade‐off in ticks between behaviors tha...

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Published in:	Ecosphere
Main Authors:	Caleb Nielebeck, Sang Hyo Kim, Antonio Pepe, Lucian Himes, Zachary Miller, Sophia Zummo, Mary Tang, Javier D. Monzón
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Amblyomma americanum climatic stress Dermacentor variabilis Ixodes scapularis tick physiology tick questing
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4369