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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2025

Ramification of relaxed thermoregulation by disease vectors under climate change.

Hugh Lefcort, Sean M Brockman, Jaxon W Hopkins, Sierra M Salter

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hugh LefcortBiology Department, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99258, USA. lefcort@gonzaga.edu.
Sean M BrockmanBiology Department, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99258, USA.
Jaxon W HopkinsBiology Department, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99258, USA.
Sierra M SalterBiology Department, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99258, USA.

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Abstract

Understanding how vector species such as ticks respond behaviorally to thermal and host-related cues is critical for predicting the effects of climate change on disease transmission. Ticks employ distinct questing strategies-ranging from static sit-and-wait behavior to active host seeking-that influence their exposure to abiotic stressors. We investigated whether Dermacentor andersoni and Dermacentor similis, two sit-and-wait tick species native to Eastern Washington, USA, exhibit behavioral plasticity in response to temperature gradients and host stimuli. We conducted three experiments to assess (1) thermal preferences of D. andersoni under host (dog) scent conditions, (2) thermotactic responses of both species to infrared (IR) radiation in the presence of dog odor, and (3) D. andersoni's approach behavior toward human hosts at various distances, i.e., a host emitting a combination of IR, CO

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Body Temperature RegulationClimate ChangeDermacentorAnimalsDogsFemaleInfrared RaysOdorantsTemperatureWashingtonClimate changeDermacentorDiseaseThermoregulationTick

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