Create a two-part figure showing the effects of forest fragmentation on the community of small mammals relevant to Lyme disease in eastern forests. Figure A should depict the interaction network of a large forest patch with higher species diversity. Figure B should illustrate how the interaction network and transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi are different in a small forest fragment with low species diversity than they are in large forest patches with greater diverisity. Eastern forests are diverse communities in which many species interact with one another. Your figure will be a simplified interaction network showing some of the most important species related to the ecology of Lyme disease. Remember that your goal is to illustrate how increasing fragmentation affects forest mammal communities in a way that increases Lyme disease risk. • Choose from the following species for your figure: black-legged tick, white-footed mouse, raccoon, eastern chipmunk, gray squirrel, white-tailed deer, Virginia opossum, coyote, fox. You do not need to include all these species. You can find extra resources on these organisms online. • There are images posted on blackboard for you to use if you like, or feel free to create your own. If hand-drawn, the figure must be publication-quality and submittable as a pdf file. • There is no single right way to make this figure - be creative! Use the examples of food webs and interaction networks from lecture as inspiration. Color-coding, arrows, and relative size of images are ways to convey information visually. Make a key that explains your use of symbols, colors, or other visual graphics. • You may choose not to include all possible species in the interest of highlighting those you feel are most important. Use Table 1 from Rosenblatt et al. (1999) to guide you.

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Create a two-part figure showing the effects of forest fragmentation on the community of small mammals relevant to Lyme disease in eastern forests. Figure A should depict the interaction network of a large forest
patch with higher species diversity. Figure B should illustrate how the interaction network and transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi are different in a small forest fragment with low species diversity than they are in large
forest patches with greater diverisity. Eastern forests are diverse communities in which many species interact with one another. Your figure will be a
simplified interaction network showing some of the most important species related to the ecology of Lyme disease. Remember that your goal is to illustrate how increasing fragmentation affects forest mammal communities in a way that increases Lyme disease risk.
• Choose from the following species for your figure: black-legged tick, white-footed mouse, raccoon, eastern chipmunk, gray squirrel, white-tailed deer, Virginia opossum, coyote, fox. You do not need to include all these species. You can find extra resources on these organisms online.
• There are images posted on blackboard for you to use if you like, or feel free to create your own. If hand-drawn, the figure must be publication-quality and submittable as a pdf file.
• There is no single right way to make this figure - be creative! Use the examples of food webs and interaction networks from lecture as inspiration. Color-coding, arrows, and relative size of images are ways to convey information visually. Make a key that explains your use of symbols, colors, or other visual graphics.
• You may choose not to include all possible species in the interest of highlighting those you feel are most important. Use Table 1 from Rosenblatt et al. (1999) to guide you.
• Don’t forget to include a legend/caption for your figure!

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