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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

The Roles of Contrasting Host Types on the Environmental Abundance of

William McLellan, Sara Gandy, Jaboury Ghazoul, Fanny Olsthoorn, Livia May, Jude Eze, Mara Rocchi, Hein Sprong, Lucy Gilbert

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

William McLellanSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4998-5746
Sara GandySchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK.
Jaboury GhazoulEcosystem Management, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland.
Fanny OlsthoornSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK.
Livia MayEcosystem Management, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland.
Jude EzeSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences Scottish Rural College Inverness UK.
Mara RocchiMoredun Research Institute Edinburgh UK.
Hein SprongNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment Bilthoven the Netherlands.
Lucy GilbertSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fundamental knowledge of the role of hosts in shaping vector-borne pathogen abundance is critical to understanding the ecology of these disease systems; yet the roles can be challenging to tease apart, especially for pathogens vectored by generalist feeders with multiple hosts. In this study, we aimed to quantify the relative contributions of hypothesised pathogen transmission hosts (deer and sheep) and non-transmission hosts (birds and rodents) to the environmental abundance of

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birdsdeerIxodes ricinusrodentssheepticks

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PMID42713606
PMCPMC13553148

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