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A tick detective wants to understand what drives tick abundance

  • Written by David Allen, Assistant Professor in Biology, Middlebury
Middlebury Assistant Professor David Allen prepares to inspect a piece of canvas dragged through the forest to collect ticks. Todd Balfour/Middlebury College

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David Allen is an assistant professor in biology at Middlebury College who studies the ecology of ticks and tick-borne...

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