Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science
Sampling hides from harvested animals is commonly used for passive monitoring of ectoparasites on wildlife hosts, but often relies heavily on community engagement to obtain spatially and temporally consistent samples. Surveillance of winter ticks ( Dermacentor albipictus ) on moose ( Alces alces ) a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7d875e921bb74531b412344646554960 2024-01-07T09:38:06+01:00 Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science Emily S. Chenery Maud Henaff Kristenn Magnusson N. Jane Harms Nicholas E. Mandrak Péter K. Molnár 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040380 https://doaj.org/article/7d875e921bb74531b412344646554960 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/4/380 https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4450 doi:10.3390/insects13040380 2075-4450 https://doaj.org/article/7d875e921bb74531b412344646554960 Insects, Vol 13, Iss 4, p 380 (2022) parasite ticks Dermacentor albipictus winter tick wildlife health citizen science Science Q article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040380 2023-12-10T01:45:16Z Sampling hides from harvested animals is commonly used for passive monitoring of ectoparasites on wildlife hosts, but often relies heavily on community engagement to obtain spatially and temporally consistent samples. Surveillance of winter ticks ( Dermacentor albipictus ) on moose ( Alces alces ) and caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) hosts in Yukon, Canada, has relied in part on voluntary submission of hides by hunters since 2011, but few samples were submitted. To enhance sampling efforts on underrepresented moose and caribou hosts, we implemented a three-year citizen science program, the Yukon Winter Tick Monitoring Project (YWTMP), to better engage with hunters in hide sample collection. A combination of in-person and social media outreach, incentivized engagement, and standardized hide sampling kits increased voluntary submissions of moose and caribou hides almost 100-fold since surveillance began. Citizen science samples expanded the northernmost geographic extent of existing sampling efforts for moose by 480 km and for caribou by 650 km to reach 67.5° N latitude. Samples also resulted in new detections of winter ticks on moose hides that are spatially separate to those submitted for other cervids in Yukon. Findings from the YWTMP have provided an essential baseline to monitor future winter tick host–parasite dynamics in the region and highlighted priority areas for ongoing tick surveillance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Rangifer tarandus Yukon Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Yukon Insects 13 4 380 |
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Sampling hides from harvested animals is commonly used for passive monitoring of ectoparasites on wildlife hosts, but often relies heavily on community engagement to obtain spatially and temporally consistent samples. Surveillance of winter ticks ( Dermacentor albipictus ) on moose ( Alces alces ) and caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) hosts in Yukon, Canada, has relied in part on voluntary submission of hides by hunters since 2011, but few samples were submitted. To enhance sampling efforts on underrepresented moose and caribou hosts, we implemented a three-year citizen science program, the Yukon Winter Tick Monitoring Project (YWTMP), to better engage with hunters in hide sample collection. A combination of in-person and social media outreach, incentivized engagement, and standardized hide sampling kits increased voluntary submissions of moose and caribou hides almost 100-fold since surveillance began. Citizen science samples expanded the northernmost geographic extent of existing sampling efforts for moose by 480 km and for caribou by 650 km to reach 67.5° N latitude. Samples also resulted in new detections of winter ticks on moose hides that are spatially separate to those submitted for other cervids in Yukon. Findings from the YWTMP have provided an essential baseline to monitor future winter tick host–parasite dynamics in the region and highlighted priority areas for ongoing tick surveillance. |
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Emily S. Chenery Maud Henaff Kristenn Magnusson N. Jane Harms Nicholas E. Mandrak Péter K. Molnár |
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Emily S. Chenery Maud Henaff Kristenn Magnusson N. Jane Harms Nicholas E. Mandrak Péter K. Molnár |
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Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science |
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Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science |
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Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science |
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Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science |
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Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science |
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improving widescale monitoring of ectoparasite presence in northern canadian wildlife with the aid of citizen science |
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