Within the Great Basin of the Western United States, management discussions regarding the impacts of grazing by livestock and feral horses on Greater Sage-grouse (\textit{Centrocercus urophasianus}, hereafter sage-grouse) often focus on the negative impacts to habitat, and specu…
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Climate change is altering freshwater habitats in the United States by increasing water temperatures and changing stream flows. These habitat changes can directly impact survival and geographic ranges of ectothermic freshwater organisms through thermal stress and habitat loss, a…
As the earth's climate rapidly changes, it remains unclear how populations will respond to novel systems and anthropogenic inputs to said systems. The development of new applied conservation tools will be critical to the implementation of solutions to novel problems. My disserta…
The hard tick Ixodes ricinus is one of the most important species of disease vectors worldwide. It transmits a variety of pathogens, including spirochaetes that are the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis (LB) in humans. This study aimed at analysing different aspects of the eco…