The Interface Between Invasive Species and the Increased Incidence of Tick-borne Diseases, and the Implications for Federal Land Managers

Authors

Ed Clark, Willife Center of Virginia
Janis McFarland, Syngenta Crop Protection
Blaine Parker, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Slade Franklin, Wyoming Department of Agriculture

Date of this Version

5-2-2019

Citation

ISAC White Paper

Invasive Species Advisory Committee, adopted May 3, 2019

Available at https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/tick-borne_disease_white_paper.pdf

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Includes information on the dynamics of tick-borne disease, factors affecting the occurrence and density of ticks, matrices of ties between habitat, human activities, invasive plants, and ticks, federal resources and programs related to ticks and vector-borne disease in the United States, with references and an annotated bibliography of literature on ticks, vector-borne diseases, and invasive species.