Relationship between the product of average host population density and measured body burden (number of naturally occurring larval ticks per host individual) and reservoir competence of that host species.
Richard S. Ostfeld
Taal Levi
Anna E. Jolles
Lynn B. Martin
Parviez R. Hosseini
Felicia Keesing
10.1371/journal.pone.0107387.g004
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Relationship_between_the_product_of_average_host_population_density_and_measured_body_burden_number_of_naturally_occurring_larval_ticks_per_host_individual_and_reservoir_competence_of_that_host_species_/1173847
<p>The product of population density and body burden, which represents the average number of ticks fed by a particular population of hosts, is used as one of two proxies for encounter rates between ticks and host species.</p>
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life history features
reservoir competence
model comparison approach
pathogen
encounter rates
species
host population density