Susceptibility of winter tick larvae and eggs to entomopathogenic fungi - beauveria bassiana, beauveria caledonica, metarhizium anisopliae, and scopulariopsis brevicaulisAn isolate of the soil fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was identified from the surface of female winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) collected from recently dead moose (Alces alces) calves in New Hampshire in the northeastern United States....
Fecundity and summer calf survival of moose during 3 successive years of winter tick epizooticsMoose (Alces alces) populations in northern New Hampshire and western Maine experienced 3 successive years of high winter tick infestations (epizootics) in 2014–2016 that resulted in late-winter calf mortality rates >70%....
Susceptibility of winter tick larvae and eggs to entomopathogenic fungi - beauveria bassiana, beauveria caledonica, metarhizium anisopliae, and scopulariopsis brevicaulisAn isolate of the soil fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was identified from the surface of female winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) collected from recently dead moose (Alces alces) calves in New Hampshire in the northeastern United States....
Assessment of a line transect field method to determine winter tick abundance on mooseABSTRACT: High infestations of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) can exact high physiological costs on moose and are associated with high rates of juvenile mortality....
