1. A song of mice and fire: Effects of prescribed burns on tick host interactions involving Peromyscus leucopus and Ixodes scapularis Open Access 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 scapularisPeromyscus leucopusprescribed burnLyme diseaseBorrelia burgdorferitickborne illnesstickborne pathogenstresscorticosteroneblacklegged tickwhite-footed mousetick-host interactionsfireforest firelandscape managementAnaplasma phagocytophilumBabesia microti File: Download 0715_Evans_ASongOfMiceAndFire_FinalDraft.pdf Committee Members: Erika T. Machtinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorErica A H Smithwick, Committee MemberJohn Tooker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate StudiesJesse K Kreye, Committee MemberAndrea Darracq, Committee Member
