Research Assistant, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY (May 00 — Aug 00) The interactions of tree regeneration, rodent and
bird populations, and tick density and their effect
on the risk of human exposure to vector -
borne disease.
Canada's Boreal Forest is also the reservoir for a large fraction of North America's clean, fresh water, home to about 5 billion migratory
birds, and some of the largest remaining
populations of caribou, moose,
bear and wolves
on the planet.