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‘Vector Biology Boot Camp’ empowers disease professionals
Penn State Extension, in partnership with the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, recently hosted the three-day “Vector Biology Boot Camp” to provide hands-on experience for vector-borne disease professionals in field collection and identification of medically important ticks and mosquitoes in the Northeast.
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2020/2021 Science to Practice Grants recipients announced
Ten integrated research and extension teams were awarded grants of up to $10,000. These grants support the formation and development of teams proposing to explore innovative methods, structures, and projects that foster the translation of research into outputs for dissemination and implementation.
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Black bears could play important role in dispersal of pathogen-carrying ticks
The spread of the blacklegged tick, the primary vector for the pathogen that causes Lyme disease, may be facilitated in Pennsylvania by animals that people rarely associate with it — black bears, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Circumpolar variation in periodicity and synchrony among gypsy moth populations
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Four new faculty members bring expertise to Penn State's entomology department
The Department of Entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has announced the addition of four faculty members who have joined the department during the current academic year.
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Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles: subharmonics, generalist predators, and spatial coupling
OTTAR N. BJØRNSTAD, CHRISTELLE ROBINET, AND ANDREW M. LIEBHOLD
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Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles: subharmonics, generalist predators, and spatial coupling
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Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles: subharmonics, generalist predators, and spatial coupling
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Geographical variation in the spatial synchrony of a forest-defoliating insect: isolation of environmental and spatial drivers
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