Assessing the current and future potential geographic distribution of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America

• Gunavanthi D. Y. Boorgula,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• A. Townsend Peterson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Desmond H. Foley,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, National Museum of History, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Roman R. Ganta,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Ram K. Raghavan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: RaghavanRK@missouri.edu

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Health Professions, University of Missouri, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-3398

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