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Managing Some Invasive Plants Might Reduce Blacklegged Ticks
Researchers are connecting two ecological problems in the Northeast in hopes of reducing the risk of tick-borne illnesses.
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Climate change could help ticks spread diseases via migrating birds
Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...
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These scientists think managing invasive plants can cut down on ticks — and tick-borne diseases
research has shown that ticks are more abundant on certain understory plants like Japanese barberry, bush honeysuckles and common buckthorn — all invasive species. Now, scientists in Vermont and ...
Vermont State University to receive $1.8 million grant to study ticks, invasive plant species
A team of faculty and student researchers at Vermont State University has been given a nearly $2 million grant to research ...