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The negative effect of wood ant presence on tick abundance

BACKGROUND: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens are a global problem for the health of humans and their livestock. Wood ants are important ecosystem engineers in forests worldwide. Although both taxa are well studied, little is known about their interactions under natural conditions. The purpose of the p...

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Autores principales: Zingg, Silvia, Dolle, Patrick, Voordouw, Maarten Jeroen, Kern, Maren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2712-0