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Blacklegged tick nymph densities, tickborne pathogen prevalence, and white-tailed deer densities in eight national parks in the eastern United States from 2014-2022

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2014-05-01
End Date
2022-08-01

Citation

Martin, A.M., Buttke, D., Raphael, J., Ginsberg, H.S., and Cross, P.C., 2022, Blacklegged tick nymph densities, tickborne pathogen prevalence, and white-tailed deer densities in eight national parks in the eastern United States from 2014-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LSI8K9.

Summary

The data presented here are blacklegged tick nymph densities, white-tailed deer densities, and Borrelia burgdorferi (causative agent of Lyme disease) prevalences for eight national parks in the eastern United States from 2014-2022.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alynn M Martin
Originator :
Alynn M Martin, Danielle Buttke, Jordan Raphael, Howard S Ginsberg, Paul C Cross
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Blacklegged tick density and white-tailed deer density at eight US national parks overview.xml
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Blacklegged tick density and white-tailed deer density at eight US national parks (data for model 01).zip 6.22 KB application/zip
Blacklegged tick density and white-tailed deer management at five US national parks (data for model 02).zip 5.48 KB application/zip
Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in ticks and white-tailed deer density at eight US national parks (data for model 03).zip 6.06 KB application/zip
Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in ticks and white-tailed deer management at four US national parks (data for model 04).zip 5.45 KB application/zip
The predicted effects of white-tailed deer reductions on nymph tick densities, pathogen prevalence, and density of infected nymphs (Table 3).zip 5.84 KB application/zip
US National park information corresponding to tick surveillance that occurred between 2014_2022 (Supplemental Material I).zip 5.15 KB application/zip
Maximum Ixodes scapularis nymph tick density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in US national parks from 2014_2022 (Supplementary Material II).zip 6.31 KB application/zip

Purpose

These data were collected to understand the effect of white-tailed deer management on density of Borrelia burgdorferi infected nymphs in the landscape.

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