%0 Figure %A S. Ostfeld, Richard %A Levi, Taal %A E. Jolles, Anna %A B. Martin, Lynn %A R. Hosseini, Parviez %A Keesing, Felicia %D 2014 %T 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. %U 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 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0107387.g004 %2 https://plos.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/1681067 %K life history features %K reservoir competence %K model comparison approach %K pathogen %K encounter rates %K species %K host population density %X

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.

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