The impact of ticks on pheasant territoriality
Pheasants are competent reservoir hosts for the Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., and carry large, but highly over-dispersed, infestations of the vector ticks, Ixodes ricinus. The effects of experimental reduction of tick infestation levels on the survival and territorial behaviou...
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| Formaat: | Journal article |
| Taal: | English |
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2002
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