Factors that affect parasitism of black-tailed prairie dogs by fleas

Tick exposure and extreme climate events impact survival and threaten the persistence of a long-lived lizard

(2016) Alice R. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Droughts may increase susceptibility of prairie dogs to fleas: incongruity with hypothesized mechanisms of plague cycles in rodents

(2016) David A. Eads et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Plague bacterium as a transformer species in prairie dogs and the grasslands of western North America

(2015) David A. Eads et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Prevalence of the Generalist Flea Pulex simulans on Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in New Mexico, USA: The Importance of Considering Imperfect Detection

(2015) David A. Eads et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Ectoparasites and fitness of female Columbian ground squirrels

(2015) S. Raveh et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Reveal Spatial Diversity Among Clones ofYersinia pestisDuring Plague Outbreaks in Colorado and the Western United States

(2015) Jennifer L. Lowell et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Plague epizootic cycles in Central Asia

(2014) J. Reijniers et al.   Biology Letters

Ectoparasitism and stress hormones: strategy of host exploitation, common host-parasite history and energetics matter

(2014) Justin R. St. Juliana et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The trophic responses of two different rodent-vector-plague systems to climate change

(2014) L. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Modeling Disease Vector Occurrence When Detection Is Imperfect II: Drivers of Site-Occupancy by Synanthropic Triatoma brasiliensis in the Brazilian Northeast

(2014) Carolina Valença-Barbosa et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

No experimental effects of parasite load on male mating behaviour and reproductive success

(2011) Shirley Raveh et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Transmission of Flea-Borne Zoonotic Agents

(2011) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Climate, soils, and connectivity predict plague epizootics in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)

(2011) Lisa T. Savage et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Field evaluation of imidacloprid as a systemic approach to flea control in black-tailed prairie dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus

(2011) David S. Jachowski et al.   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

Plague and Climate: Scales Matter

(2011) Tamara Ben Ari et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cryptic vector divergence masks vector-specific patterns of infection: an example from the marine cycle of Lyme borreliosis

(2010) Elena Gómez-Díaz et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Vector Control Improves Survival of Three Species of Prairie Dogs (Cynomys) in Areas Considered Enzootic for Plague

(2010) Dean E. Biggins et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Studies of Vector Competency and Efficiency of North American Fleas for Yersinia pestis: State of the Field and Future Research Needs

(2009) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole

(2009) G. DEVEVEY et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Flea Abundance on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) Increases During Plague Epizootics

(2009) Daniel W. Tripp et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Effects of food abundance, age, and flea infestation on the body condition and immunological variables of a rodent host, and their consequences for flea survival

(2008) Hadas Hawlena et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Transmission Efficiency of Two Flea Species (Oropsylla tuberculata cynomuris and Oropsylla hirsuta) Involved in Plague Epizootics among Prairie Dogs

(2008) Aryn P. Wilder et al.   EcoHealth

Physiographically sensitive mapping of climatological temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States

(2008) Christopher Daly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Prevalence and Abundance of Fleas in black-tailed Prairie Dog Burrows: Implications for the Transmission of Plague (Yersinia pestis)

(2008) Dan J. Salkeld et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY