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PLoS ONE, 2022 Drivers of patterns of ectoparasitism in rodents in patchy Mojave Desert wetlands were investigated. A total of 1,571 ectoparasites in Mesostigmata, Trombidiformes, Siphonaptera and Ixodida were collected from 341 rodents (Microtus californicus ...
Andrés M. López-Pérez +7 more
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It’s about time: small mammal communities and Lyme disease emergence
Scientific Reports, 2023 Theory predicts that biodiversity changes due to climate warming can mediate the rate of disease emergence. The mechanisms linking biodiversity-disease relationships have been described both theoretically and empirically but remain poorly understood.
V. Millien +3 more
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Multiple Captures of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus): Evidence for Social Structure? [PDF]
, 2008 Multiple captures (34 double, 6 triple) in standard Sherman live traps accounted for 6.3% of 1355 captures of Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mice) in forested habitat in southern Illinois, from Oct. 2004 through Oct. 2005.
Carter, Timothy C. +3 more
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Use of Track Plates to Quantify Predation Risk at Small Spatial Scales [PDF]
, 2005 Spatial heterogeneity in risk is a critical component of predator-prey interactions. However, at small spatial scales, it is difficult to quantify predation risk without altering it.
Connors, Matthew J. +5 more
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, 1982 Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Organochloride Pesticides Present in Animal Fur, Soil, and Streambed in an Agricultural Region of Southeastern Arkansas [PDF]
, 2018 Animals in agricultural settings may be subject to bioaccumulation of toxins. For the last several years, we collected hair samples from bats and rodents in an agricultural area near Bayou Bartholomew in Drew County, Arkansas.
Grilliot, Matthew E. +2 more
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, 1993 Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 732, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Musser, Guy G., Carleton, Michael D.
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The lyme disease pathogen has no effect on the survival of its rodent reservoir host. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Zoonotic pathogens that cause devastating morbidity and mortality in humans may be relatively harmless in their natural reservoir hosts. The tick-borne bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease in humans but few studies have investigated whether
Maarten J Voordouw +2 more
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Associated with Monongahela Virus, Pennsylvania
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000 The first two recognized cases of rapidly fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Pennsylvania occurred within an 8-month period in 1997. Illness in the two patients was confirmed by immunohistochemical techniques on autopsy material.
Luther V. Rhodes +8 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi promotes the establishment of Babesia microti in the northeastern United States. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi, the respective causative agents of human babesiosis and Lyme disease, are maintained in their enzootic cycles by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and use the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) as ...
Jessica M Dunn +11 more
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