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Effect of Rising Temperature on Lyme Disease: Ixodes scapularis Population Dynamics and Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission and Prevalence by Partridge, Trevor F., Webb, Mariana J., Silvanic, Clara, Aoki, Carissa F., Chipman, Jonathan W., Ayres, Matthew P., Winter, Jonathan M., Kodali, Anita, Ratti, Vardayani, Wallace, Dorothy, Osterberg, Erich C.

“…Warmer temperatures are expected to increase the incidence of Lyme disease through enhanced tick maturation rates and a longer season of transmission. In…”
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Expansion of Southern Pine Beetle into Northeastern Forests: Management and Impact of a Primary Bark Beetle in a New Region by Dodds, Kevin J, Aoki, Carissa F, Arango-Velez, Adriana, Cancelliere, Jessica, D’Amato, Anthony W, DiGirolomo, Marc F, Rabaglia, Robert J

“…Abstract After more than a decade of damage in pitch pine forests of New Jersey, an unprecedented range expansion of southern pine beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus…”
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Predictors of bark beetle activity and scale-dependent spatial heterogeneity change during the course of an outbreak in a subalpine forest by Nelson, Kellen N, Rocca, Monique E, Diskin, Matthew, Aoki, Carissa F, Romme, William H

“…Climate conditions and forest structure interact to determine the extent and severity of bark beetle outbreaks, yet the relative importance of each may vary…”
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Lodgepole Pine Seed Germination Following Tree Death from Mountain Pine Beetle Attack in Colorado, USA by Aoki, Carissa F, Romme, William H, Rocca, Monique E

“…Cones of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) are often serotinous, releasing their seeds from closed cones under heat from fire. Stand-replacing…”
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Old pests in new places: Effects of stand structure and forest type on susceptibility to a bark beetle on the edge of its native range by Aoki, Carissa F., Cook, Marie, Dunn, James, Finley, David, Fleming, Lynn, Yoo, Rosa, Ayres, Matthew P.

“…•Pitch pine-dominated stands were more susceptible to SPB than mixed pine/oak stands.•A simple model using just three variables can be used to predict at-risk…”
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Forest Risk and Irruptive Insect Pests: Ecology for Management in Changing Times by Aoki, Carissa F

“…Many forest ecosystems can sustain—and even require—natural disturbances such as fire and insect outbreaks. Predicting when and how these events may occur is…”
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