A Review of Commercial Metarhizium- and Beauveria-Based Biopesticides for the Biological Control of Ticks in the USA

CF Sullivan, BL Parker, M Skinner - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microbial biopesticides containing entomopathogenic fungi have potential
in tick management. In this review, we compiled a comprehensive list of the use of …

Climate change and deer in boreal and temperate regions: From physiology to population dynamics and species distributions

AM Felton, HK Wam, Z Borowski… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change causes far‐reaching disruption in nature, where tolerance thresholds
already have been exceeded for some plants and animals. In the short term, deer may …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental factors driving fine-scale ixodid tick abundance patterns

A Peralbo-Moreno, S Baz-Flores… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tick abundance is an essential demographic parameter to infer tick-borne pathogen
transmission risks. Spatiotemporal patterns of tick abundance are heterogeneous, so its …

Moose Habitat Selection and Fitness Consequences During Two Critical Winter Tick Life Stages in Vermont, United States

J Blouin, J DeBow, E Rosenblatt, J Hines… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The moose (Alces alces) is a charismatic species in decline across much of their southern
distribution in North America. In the northeastern United States, much of the reduction has …

Species in the feces: DNA metabarcoding to detect potential gastropod hosts of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis consumed by moose (Alces alces)

TJ Garwood, SA Moore… - The Journal of …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Our understanding of wildlife multihost pathogen transmission systems is often incomplete
due to the difficulty of observing contact between hosts. Understanding these interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating nematode diversity and prevalence in moose across a wide latitudinal gradient using DNA metabarcoding

JL Anders, M Davey, B Van Moorter, F Fossøy… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Parasitic nematodes are ubiquitous and can negatively impact their host by reducing
fecundity or increasing mortality, yet the driver of variation in the parasite community across …

Advances in wildlife abundance estimation using pedigree reconstruction

E Rosenblatt, S Creel, K Gieder, J Murdoch… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation and management of wildlife populations, particularly for threatened and
endangered species are greatly aided with abundance, growth rate, and density measures …

The ecological significance of arthropod vectors of plant, animal, and human pathogens

T Lefèvre, N Sauvion, RPP Almeida, F Fournet… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Vector management is a cornerstone in the fight against vector-borne pathogens. However,
the impact on ecosystem functioning of reducing or eliminating arthropod vector populations …

The Role of Wolves in Regulating a Chronic Non-communicable Disease, Osteoarthritis, in Prey Populations

SR Hoy, JA Vucetich, RO Peterson - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It is widely accepted that predators disproportionately prey on individuals that are old, weak,
diseased or injured. By selectively removing individuals with diseases, predators may play …

Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition

T Koser, A Martin, A Courtemanch, L Thompson… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Host species heterogeneity can drive parasite dynamics through variation in host
competency as well as host abundance. We explored how elk (Cervus canadensis) with …