BioinformaticsPeerJPeer-reviewed
Longer study length, standardized sampling techniques, and broader geographic scope leads to higher likelihood of detecting stable abundance patterns in long term black-legged tick studies
Rowan Christie, Kaitlin Stack Whitney, Julia D. Perrone, Christie A. Bahlai
The paper analyzes 289 black-legged tick datasets to show that study design factors like length, sampling technique, life stage, and geographic scope affect the detection of stable population patterns.
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