Host in reserve: The role of common shrews (Sorex araneus) as a supplementary source of tick hosts in small mammal communities influenced by rodent population cycles
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8776
Abstract: Abstract Rodents often act as important hosts for ticks and as pathogen reservoirs. At northern latitudes, rodents often undergo multi‐annual population cycles, and the periodic absence of certain hosts may inhibit the survival and recruitment… read more here.
Keywords: common shrews; population cycles; tick; population ... See more keywords