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Author:

Evans, Jesse

Title:

A song of mice and fire: Effects of prescribed burns on tick host interactions involving Peromyscus leucopus and Ixodes scapularis

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Ixodes scapularis
Peromyscus leucopus
prescribed burn
Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
tickborne illness
tickborne pathogen
stress
corticosterone
blacklegged tick
white-footed mouse
tick-host interactions
fire
forest fire
landscape management
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Babesia microti

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika T. Machtinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
John Tooker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jesse K Kreye, Committee Member
Andrea Darracq, Committee Member

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member

Author:

Brown, Jessica

Title:

"Tick"-et to Success: Unraveling the Ecology of Host-Tick Interactions in Small Mammals

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

rodent
host
parasite
coevolution
disease
Ixodes scapularis
tick

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carolyn Mahan, Outside Unit Member
Pierre Chuard, Special Member
Jacob Werner, Outside Field Member