Publications

@article{Eisen2004,

title = {Habitat-related variation in infestation of lizards and rodents with Ixodes ticks in dense woodlands},

author = {Rebecca J. Eisen and Lars Eisen and Robert S. Lane},

url = {https://angelo.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/Habitat-related-variation-in-infestation-of-lizards-and-rodents-with-Ixodes-ticks-in-dense-woodlands-in-Mendocino-County-California_Eisen.pdf},

doi = {10.1023/B:APPA.0000032954.71165.9e},

issn = {1572-9702},

year  = {2004},

date = {2004-07-01},

journal = {Experimental and Applied Acarology},

volume = {33},

number = {3},

pages = {215-233},

abstract = {During the spring and early summer of 2002, we examined the relative importance of Borrelia-refractory lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis, Elgaria spp.) versus potential Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.)-reservoirs (rodents) as hosts for Ixodes pacificus immatures in 14 woodland areas (six oak, five mixed oak/Douglas fir, and three redwood/tanoak areas) distributed throughout Mendocino County, California. Lizards were estimated to serve as hosts for 93–98% of all larvae and ≥99.6% of all nymphs infesting lizards or rodents in oak woodlands and oak/Douglas fir sites in the southern part of the county. In redwood/tanoak woodlands and oak/Douglas fir sites in northern Mendocino County, the contribution of rodents to larval feedings reached 36–69% but lizards still accounted for 94–100% of nymphal bloodmeals. From late April to mid-June, I. pacificus larvae were recovered from 95 to 96% of lizards and dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) and from 59% of Peromyscus spp. mice. In contrast, 99% of lizards but few woodrats (15%) and none of the mice were infested by nymphs. Comparisons of tick loads for 19 lizard–Peromyscus spp. mouse pairings, where the lizard and mouse were captured within 10 m of each other, revealed that the lizards harbored 36 times more larvae and >190 times more nymphs than the mice. In oak woodlands, loads of I. pacificus larvae decreased from late April/early May to late June for S. occidentalis lizards but increased for Peromyscus spp. mice. We conclude that the relative utilization of Borrelia-refractory lizards, as compared to rodents, by I. pacificus larvae was far higher in dry oak woodlands than in moister habitats such as redwood/tanoak and oak/Douglas fir woodlands in northern Mendocino County. Non-lizard-infesting potential enzootic vectors of B. burgdorferi s.l. (I. angustus and I. spinipalpis) were recorded from rodents in three of six oak woodland areas, two of five oak/Douglas fir woodland areas, and two of three redwood/tanoak woodland areas.},

keywords = {Borrelia burgdorferi, California, Infestation, Ixodes pacificus, Lizards, Rodents},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Sabo2002d,

title = {Numerical Responses of Lizards to Aquatic Insects and Short-Term Consequences for Terrestrial Prey},

author = {JL Sabo and ME Power},

url = {http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083%5B3023:NROLTA%5D2.0.CO%3B2},

doi = {10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3023:NROLTA]2.0.CO;2},

isbn = {0012-9658},

year  = {2002},

date = {2002-11-02},

urldate = {2002-11-02},

journal = {Ecology},

volume = {83},

issue = {11},

pages = {3023-3036},

keywords = {Lizards},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Perritt1986,

title = {Ectoparasitism on Lizard Populations in Mendocino County, California},

author = {D Perritt},

year  = {1986},

date = {1986-01-01},

urldate = {1986-01-01},

keywords = {Lizards, parasitism},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}