Fire is a natural element of the environment that can have pervasive and beneficial impacts
on the ecosystems. Wildfires can induce dramatic socio-economic and environmental …

In the United States (US), tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have more than doubled in the past
fifteen years and are a major contributor to the overall burden of vector-borne diseases. The …

Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks are important reservoirs and vectors of
pathogens. The aim of the present study was to investigate the dynamic of the prevalence …

Background Fire strongly affects animals' behavior, population dynamics, and environmental
surroundings, which in turn are likely to affect their immune systems and exposure to …

Over the past century, fire suppression has facilitated broad ecological changes in the
composition, structure, and function of fire‐dependent landscapes throughout the eastern …

Simple Summary Hard ticks are important for economic and health reasons, and control has
mainly relied upon use of synthetic acaricides. Contemporary development of resistance …

Abstract Firescapes of the Mid-Atlantic are understudied compared to other ecosystems in
the United States, and little is known about the acceptance of prescribed fire as a forest …

Recently, tick‐borne illnesses have been trending upward and are an increasing source of
risk to people's health in the United States. This is due to range expansion in tick habitats as …

The longleaf pine Pinus palustris Miller (Pinales: Pinaceae) ecosystem once covered as
many as 37 million hectares across the southeastern United States. Through fire …

In the northeastern USA, active forest management can include timber harvests designed to
meet silvicultural objectives (ie, harvesting trees that meet certain maturity, height, age, or …