Environmental Drivers of Questing Activity of Juvenile Black-Legged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Temperature, Desiccation Risk, and Diel Cycles
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz126
Abstract: Abstract Vector feeding behavior can have a profound influence on the transmission of vector-borne diseases. In the case of black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, which vectors the agents of Lyme disease, babesiosis, and other pathogens,… read more here.
Keywords: desiccation; legged ticks; temperature; questing activity ... See more keywords