Charles B. Lubelczyk

TL;DR: Monitoring the abundance of vector ticks in response to the complete and permanent removal of the primary hosts of their reproductive stage on Monhegan found adult tick abundance on a deer-populated, reference island continued to gradually increase.

TL;DR: At the broadest scale, ticks on deer decreased with elevation and distance from the coast and increased with deer density, although deer and tick presence were only weakly related.

TL;DR: Although POWV disease is probably under-recognized, and it causes significant morbidity, and thus is an additional tick-borne emerging infectious disease entity, the basis of prevention is personal protection from ticks and reduced exposure to peridomestic wild mammals.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates the usefulness and potential of tick identification programs in Maine, and annual fluctuations of nymphal submissions in Maine correlated with those of Lyme disease cases for New England, supporting the possibility of a regional influence on tick abundance.

TL;DR: Natural resource managers should be aware that landscape changes, including the invasion by exotic vegetation, might create favorable tick habitat, and these findings could prove helpful in assessing local risk of exposure to this vector tick.