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Christine Conte, a recent graduate student in the University of Maine\u2019s Vector Ecology Lab, studied the differences between timber harvested (within five years) and unharvested land (no harvesting within 2<\/p>\n
0 years) in Coastal Maine. She found ticks more frequently in<\/p>\n
unharvested land and also found that unharvested land had a significantly different microclimate compared to harvested land. Ticks are very sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity, therefore, these differences may affect the ticks\u2019 ability to survive.<\/p>\n
With this in mind, we are working with forest landowners to see how their own management strategies affects tick populations and their associated pathogens.<\/p>\n
Tick collecting for the Maine Forest Tick Survey will begin in the summer of 2020 and preliminary results will be available starting in the Spring of 2021.<\/p>\n
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Timber harvesting practices can change the forest microclimate, which may affect tick survival. Christine Conte, a recent graduate student in the University of Maine\u2019s Vector Ecology Lab, studied the differences between timber harvested (within five years) and unharvested land (no harvesting within 2 0 years) in Coastal Maine. She found ticks more frequently in unharvested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1694,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n