Quantifying the Availability of Vertebrate Hosts to Ticks: A Camera-Trapping Approach
The availability of vertebrate hosts is a major determinant of the occurrence of ticks and tick-borne zoonoses in natural and anthropogenic ecosystems and thus drives disease risk for wildlife, livestock, and humans. However, it remains challenging to quantify the availability of vertebrate hosts in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2017.00115/full |