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Fig. 4

From: Simulated dynamics of southern cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) in south Texas, USA: investigating potential wildlife-mediated impacts on eradication efforts

Fig. 4

Comparison of host habitat use preference on mean off-host larval tick densities (per ha) (± SE) (a) at the landscape level, (b) in mesquite, (c) in mixed brush, and (d) in meadows from scenarios in which acaricides were applied to cattle only (Scenario 4, C), cattle and white-tailed deer only (Scenario 5, CW), and cattle and nilgai only (Scenario 6, CN). Results are shown for simulations with (white bars) and without (gray bars) host habitat use preferences. Star symbol indicates that the difference is statistically significant at p ≤ 0.01. All three host species were present in these scenarios (results for Scenario 7 not shown; highest mean off-host larval tick densities < 1/ha when acaricides were applied to all three host species)

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