Richard Ostfeld

Molting success of Ixodes scapularis varies among individual blood meal hosts and species
Brunner, Jesse L., L. Cheney, Felicia Keesing, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Andrea Previtali, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Molting Success of Ixodes Scapularis Varies Among Individual Blood Meal Hosts and Species”. J. Med. Ent. 48: 860-66. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Brunner_etal_2011_JME.pdf.
Non-natives: 141 scientists object (Response to Davis, et al., "Don't judge species on their origins".)
Simberloff, D., Richard S. Ostfeld, and David L. Strayer. 2011. “Non-Natives: 141 Scientists Object (Response to Davis, Et al., ‘Don’t Judge Species on Their origins’.)”. Nature 475: 36.
Partitioning the aggregation of parasites on hosts into intrinsic and extrinsic components via an extended Poisson-gamma mixture model
Calabrese, J., Jesse L. Brunner, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Partitioning the Aggregation of Parasites on Hosts into Intrinsic and Extrinsic Components via an Extended Poisson-Gamma Mixture Model”. PLOS One 6: e29215. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029215.
Effects of an invasive forest pathogen on abundance of ticks and their vertebrate hosts in a California Lyme disease focus
Swei, Andrea, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert S. Lane, and Cheryl J. Briggs. 2011. “Effects of an Invasive Forest Pathogen on Abundance of Ticks and Their Vertebrate Hosts in a California Lyme Disease Focus”. Oecologia 166: 91-100.
Effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on entomopathogenic fungi
Keesing, Felicia, P. Oberoi, Regina Vaicekonyte, K. Gowen, L. Henry, S. Mount, P. Johns, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Petiolata) on Entomopathogenic Fungi”. Ecoscience 18: 164-68.
Impact of the experimental removal of lizards on Lyme disease risk
Swei, Andrea, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert S. Lane, and Cheryl J. Briggs. 2011. “Impact of the Experimental Removal of Lizards on Lyme Disease Risk”. P. Roy. Soc. B.-Biol. Sci. 278: 2970-78. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2402.
Investigating and Managing the Rapid Emergence of White-Nose Syndrome, a Novel, Fatal, Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats
Foley, Janet, D. Clifford, K. Castle, P. Cryan, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Investigating and Managing the Rapid Emergence of White-Nose Syndrome, a Novel, Fatal, Infectious Disease of Hibernating Bats”. Conserv. Biol. 25: 223-31. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Foley_etal_2011_ConBio.pdf.
It takes a community to raise the prevalence of a zoonotic pathogen
Brisson, Dustin, C. Brinkley, P.T. Humphrey, B.D. Kemps, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen”. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis.. doi:10.1155/2011/741406.
Linking disease and community ecology through behavioural indicators: immunochallenge of white-footed mice and its ecological impacts
Schwanz, Lisa E., Dustin Brisson, M. Gomes-Solecki, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Linking Disease and Community Ecology through Behavioural Indicators: Immunochallenge of White-Footed Mice and Its Ecological Impacts”. J. Anim. Ecol. 80: 204-14. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schwanz_2010_JAE.pdf.
Borrelia burgdorferi has minimal impact on the Lyme disease reservoir host Peromyscus leucopus
Schwanz, Lisa E., M.J. Voordouw, Dustin Brisson, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Borrelia Burgdorferi Has Minimal Impact on the Lyme Disease Reservoir Host Peromyscus Leucopus”. Vector-Borne Zoonot. 11: 117-24. doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0215.