Cascading effects of predator activity on tick-borne disease risk

Predators and competitors of vertebrates can in theory reduce the density of infected nymphs (DIN)-an often-used measure of tick-borne disease risk-by lowering the density of reservoir-competent hosts and/or the tick burden on reservoir-competent hosts. We investigated this possible indirect effect...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences Vol. 284; no. 1859
Main Authors:	Hofmeester, Tim R, Jansen, Patrick A, Wijnen, Hendrikus J, Coipan, Elena C, Fonville, Manoj, Prins, Herbert H T, Sprong, Hein, van Wieren, Sipke E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 26.07.2017
Subjects:	Animals Forests Ixodes Netherlands Nymph Population Density Predatory Behavior Rodentia - parasitology Tick-Borne Diseases carnivores Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis Ixodes ricinus Borrelia burgdorferi s.l Borrelia miyamotoi rodents
ISSN:	1471-2954, 1471-2954
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