High‐resolution environmental and host‐related factors impacting questing Ixodes scapularis at their northern range edge

Abstract The geographic range of tick populations has expanded in Canada due to climate warming and the associated poleward range shifts of their vertebrate hosts. Abiotic factors, such as temperature, precipitation, and snow, are known to directly affect tick abundance. Yet, biotic factors, such as...

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Main Authors: Kirsten E. Crandall, Virginie Millien, Jeremy T. Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10855