Body-mass or sex-biased tick parasitism in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)? A GAMLSS approach
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Macroparasites feeding on wildlife hosts follow skewed distributions for which basic statistical approaches are of limited use. To predict Ixodes spp. tick burden on roe deer, we applied Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape (GAMLSS) which ... ...