Temporal Changes in Tick‐Borne Pathogen Prevalence in Questing Ixodes ricinus Across Different Habitats in the North‐Eastern Italian Alps

F Rosso, G Ferrari, T Weil, V Tagliapietra… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in land use, climate, and host community are leading to increased complexity in
eco‐epidemiological relationships and the emergence of zoonoses. This study investigates …

Urban greenspace connectivity drive shifts in host assemblages and tick-borne pathogen infection

MC VanAcker, TR Hofmeester, J Zhang-Sun… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Habitat fragmentation is often highlighted as a driver of tick-borne disease hazard and
spillover risk via reduction in biodiversity. However, habitat fragmentation can have …

Examining patch and landscape-level white-tailed deer connectivity using a novel, buffer and resistance-based metric

C O'Connor, J Aldstadt, A Wilson - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Context: Landscape connectivity drives many ecological processes and can be quantified
using numerous metrics. Few metrics can be interpreted at both patch and landscape-levels …