ArticleParasites & vectors2017
Impact of life stage-dependent dispersal on the colonization dynamics of host patches by ticks and tick-borne infectious agents.
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- Species-Level Profiling ofGenetic testing and molecular biomarkers · 2021Article
- Novel Genotypes of NidicolousFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Evaluating Functional Dispersal in a Nest Ectoparasite and Its Eco-Epidemiological Implications.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Parasites of seabirds: A survey of effects and ecological implications.Advances in marine biology · 2019Review
- Population structure of the soft tickInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhen colonization and gene flow depend on host-mediated dispersal, a key factor affecting vector dispersal potential is the time spent on the host for the blood meal, a characteristic that can vary strongly among life history stages. Using a 2-patch vector-pathogen population model and seabird ticks as biological examples, we explore how vector colonization rates and the spread of infectious agents may be shaped by life stage-dependent dispersal. We contrast hard (Ixodidae) and soft (Argasidae) tick systems, which differ strongly in blood- feeding traits.
resultsWe find that vector life history characteristics (i.e. length of blood meal) and demographic constraints (Allee effects) condition the colonization potential of ticks; hard ticks, which take a single, long blood meal per life stage, should have much higher colonization rates than soft ticks, which take repeated short meals. Moreover, this dispersal potential has direct consequences for the spread of vector-borne infectious agents, in particular when transmission is transovarial.
conclusionsThese results have clear implications for predicting the dynamics of vector and disease spread in the context of large-scale environmental change. The findings highlight the need to include life-stage dispersal in models that aim to predict species and disease distributions, and provide testable predictions related to the population genetic structure of vectors and pathogens along expansion fronts.
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