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Bird health in forests: exploring relationships between forest structural complexity, body condition, and tick infestation

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Bram Catfolis *
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Magali Frauendorf
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Kris Verheyen
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Lander Baeten
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Tosca Vanroy
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An Martel
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Pasmans, Frank
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Elin Verbrugghe
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Luc Lens
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Diederik Strubbe
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44058delete
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• Structural complexity of forests indirectly increases tick burden on great tits. • Higher forest complexity correlates with increased density of questing nymphs. • Great tits with better physiological condition have higher tick infestations. • Balance biodiversity goals with managing disease risks in forest management. • Ecological and physiological perspectives improve understanding of disease dynamics.
Keywords:
Structural equation modeling
Parus major
Tick infestation
Composite body condition
Forest structural complexity
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Ghent University
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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