Abstract
Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii de Candolle; Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) is an exotic shrub that has invaded woodland understories in the northeastern United States. It forms dense thickets providing ideal structure and microclimate for questing blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say; Acari: Ixodidae). While there have been studies on the favorable habitat barberry provides blacklegged ticks, little has been studied on the relationship between barberry, vectors (ticks), and reservoirs (white-footed mice; Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque; Rodentia: Cricetidae); specifically, the influence Japanese barberry has on the abundance of blacklegged ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi infection (Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt, and Brenner; Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in mice. We studied the impacts of barberry treatment over the course of 6 yr to determine influence on encounter abundance with white-footed mice, encounter abundance with B. burgdorferi-infected mice, and juvenile blacklegged ticks parasitizing mice. Results from our study suggest that while both white-footed mouse and B. burgdorferi-infected mouse encounters remained similar between barberry treatment areas, juvenile tick attachment to mice was significantly ...Continue Reading
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