Analyzing the Correlation between Deer Habitat and the Component of the Risk for Lyme Disease in Eastern Ontario, Canada: A GIS-Based Approach

Author:

Chen, D, Wong, H, Belanger, P, Moore, K, Peterson, M, and Cunningham, J

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2015-08

Journal/Series title:

ISPRS Int. J. Geo-inf

Volume:

Issue:

URL:

https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/4/1/105

Abstract:

Through the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping methods and spatial analysis techniques, this study examines the population dynamics of the black-legged Lyme tick and its primary host, the white-tailed deer, in eastern Ontario, Canada.