Sudden Oak Death in California:   a. All of the choices are true. b. is transmitted by bark beetles and so is spreading at rapid rates in the Sierra Nevada mountains. c. is dispersed by spores on moist air currents and depends on the presence of certain host species that act as "transmission highways." d. has led to the spread of human disease by affecting populations of Western fence lizards, which control the incidence of Lyme disease.

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Sudden Oak Death in California:
 
a. All of the choices are true.
b. is transmitted by bark beetles and so is spreading at rapid rates in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
c. is dispersed by spores on moist air currents and depends on the presence of certain host species that act as "transmission highways."
d. has led to the spread of human disease by affecting populations of Western fence lizards, which control the incidence of Lyme disease.
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