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35-year monitoring study clarifies ecological forces behind Lyme disease risk (phys.org)
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  • White-tailed deer are less important than previously thought
  • Mice matter more
  • The acorn effect
  • Mouse numbers don't predict the proportion of Lyme-infected ticks
  • Extreme temperatures don't kill ticks in the wild
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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

I think both these things can be true. Maybe warmer winters tick's population grow, and in the same time ticks can be resilient to high temperatures during summer

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