Collecting samples (IMAGE)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Collecting samples

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Interns Eric Jergensen (left) and Luke Myers (right) scan corduroy fabric they've dragged through the underbrush for any ticks that have latched on. They use this "corduroy on a stick" technique to census tick populations on plots that have experienced different burn histories. 

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(Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory)

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