Infestation Intensities, Attachment Patterns, and the Effect on Host Contest Behavior of the Tick Ixodes pacificus on the Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
Parasites often have profound effects on the survival and evolution of their hosts, and hence on the structure and health of entire ecosystems. Yet basic questions, such as the degree of virulence of a given parasite on its host, and factors influencing which hosts in a population are at the greates...
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DigitalCommons@CalPoly
2019
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2282 https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3831&context=theses |