Richard Ostfeld

Community ecology meets epidemiology: The case of Lyme disease
Ostfeld, Richard S., Felicia Keesing, and Kathleen M. LoGiudice. 2006. “Community Ecology Meets Epidemiology: The Case of Lyme Disease”. In S. Collinge and C. Ray (eds.). Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics, 28-40. Oxford University Press.
Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: The importance of biological diversity to human health
Dobson, Andrew P., I. Cattadori, R.D. Holt, Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, K. Krichbaum, J. R. Rohr, S.E. Perkins, and Peter J. Hudson. 2006. “Sacred Cows and Sympathetic Squirrels: The Importance of Biological Diversity to Human Health”. PLoS Medicine 3: e231. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Dobson_PLOS_2006.pdf.
Spatial heterogeneity in predator activity, nest survivorship, and nest-site selection in two forest thrushes
Schmidt, Kenneth, Richard S. Ostfeld, and K.N. Smyth. 2006. “Spatial Heterogeneity in Predator Activity, Nest Survivorship, and Nest-Site Selection in Two Forest Thrushes”. Oecologia 148: 22-29. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schmidt_et_al_2006_Oecologia.pdf.
Controlling ticks and tick-borne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents
Ostfeld, Richard S., A. K. Price, V. L. Hornbostel, M. A. Benjamin, and Felicia Keesing. 2006. “Controlling Ticks and Tick-Borne Zoonoses With Biological and Chemical Agents”. BioScience 56: 383-94. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_et_al_2006_BioSci_56(5)_383-394.pdf.
Effects of species diversity on disease risk
Keesing, Felicia, R.D. Holt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2006. “Effects of Species Diversity on Disease Risk”. Ecol. Lett. 9: 485-98. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Keesing_Holt_Ostfeld_2006_Ecology_Letters.pdf.
Abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks along forest–field edges
Horobik, V.C., Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2006. “Abundance and Borrelia Burgdorferi-Infection Prevalence of Nymphal Ixodes Scapularis Ticks Along Forest–field Edges”. EcoHealth 3: 262-68. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Horobik_et_al_2006_EcoHealth.pdf.
Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in Lyme-disease risk
Ostfeld, Richard S., Charles D. Canham, K. Oggenfuss, Raymond J. Winchcombe, and Felicia Keesing. 2006. “Climate, Deer, Rodents, and Acorns As Determinants of Variation in Lyme-Disease Risk”. PLoS Biology 4: e145. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_PLOS_2006.pdf.
Use of track plates to quantify predation risk at small spatial scales
Connors, M. J., E.M. Schauber, A. Forbes, Clive G. Jones, B. J. Goodwin, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2005. “Use of Track Plates to Quantify Predation Risk at Small Spatial Scales”. J. Mammal 86: 991-96. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Connors_et_al_2005.pdf.
What is the best predictor of annual Lyme disease incidence: Weather, mice, or acorns?
Schauber, E.M., Richard S. Ostfeld, and A.S. Evans. 2005. “What Is the Best Predictor of Annual Lyme Disease Incidence: Weather, Mice, or Acorns?”. Ecol. Appl. 15: 575-86. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schauber_et_al_2005_Ecol_Appl_15_575-586.pdf.
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs
Hornbostel, V. L., E. Zhioua, M. A. Benjamin, H.S. Ginsberg, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2005. “Pathogenicity of Metarhizium Anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and Permethrin to Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Nymphs”. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 35: 301-16. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Hornbostel_et_al_2005_Appl_Acar_35_301-316.pdf.