Fig. 3From: Impact of life stage-dependent dispersal on the colonization dynamics of host patches by ticks and tick-borne infectious agentsDensity of a hard and b soft ticks in each life stage in the receiving patch. Default parameter values are found in Table 1. mLÂ =Â mNÂ =Â mAÂ =Â 0.01Â year-1 for hard ticks, and the migration rate for soft ticks is adjusted so that an equivalent number of larval ticks disperseBack to article page