Lizards, ticks and contributions to Australian parasitology: C. Michael Bull (1947–2016)

Stephanie S. Godfrey, Michael G. Gardner

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)
71 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Professor C. Michael Bull was a great scientist and mentor, and an Associate Editor of this journal. While his research career spanned the fields of behavioural ecology, conservation biology and herpetology, in this article, we pay tribute to his major contribution to Australian parasitology. Mike authored more than eighty articles on host-parasite ecology, and revealed major insights into the biology and ecology of ticks from his long term study of the parapatric boundary of two tick species (Amblyomma limbatum and Bothriocroton hydrosauri) on the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa). In this article, we provide an overview of how this research journey developed to become one of the longest-running studies of lizards and their ticks, totalling 35 years of continuous surveys of ticks on lizards, and the insights and knowledge that he generated along that journey.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-298
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2017

Bibliographical note

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords

  • Acari
  • Disease ecology
  • Field-based research
  • Long-term research
  • Skink
  • Wildlife parasitology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Lizards, ticks and contributions to Australian parasitology: C. Michael Bull (1947–2016)'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this