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ArticleMedical and veterinary entomology2025

Stable isotope analysis of ectoparasites as a tool for understanding trophic interactions with mammalian hosts.

Gaia G Mortier, Stuart Black, Andrew C Kitchener, Georg Hantke, Luke A Stevens, Lea J Grayston-Smith, Phillip J Baker, M Alejandra Perotti

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Article in Medical and veterinary entomology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Gaia G MortierDepartment of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-8212-1933
Stuart BlackDepartment of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Andrew C KitchenerNational Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2594-0827
Georg HantkeNational Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Luke A StevensSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Lea J Grayston-SmithSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Phillip J BakerSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
M Alejandra PerottiSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust H5483700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is expected to expand the geographic ranges of ectoparasites, increasing the transmission of vector-borne diseases and necessitating a better understanding of ectoparasite-host trophic dynamics. Haematophagous ectoparasites can serve as valuable subsamples of their hosts, retaining isotopic values that reflect dietary information in both their blood meals and tissues. However, differences in the life histories and feeding strategies of lice, fleas and ticks may influence how host isotopic composition is preserved. Here, stable isotope values of carbon (δ

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PMCPMC12586286

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