Richard Ostfeld

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.
A call to ecologists: Measuring, analyzing, and managing ecosystem services
Kremen, C., and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2005. “A Call to Ecologists: Measuring, Analyzing, and Managing Ecosystem Services”. Front. Ecol. Environ. 3: 540-48. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Kremen_Ostfeld_2005_Front_Ecol.pdf.
Effectiveness of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) engorging on Peromyscus leucopus
Hornbostel, V. L., Richard S. Ostfeld, and M. A. Benjamin. 2005. “Effectiveness of Metarhizium Anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) Against Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Engorging on Peromyscus Leucopus”. J. Vector Ecol 30: 91-101. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Hornbostel_et_al_2005_J_Vector_Ecol_30_91-101.pdf.
Invasive shrubs and songbird nesting success: Effects of climatic variability and predator abundance
Schmidt, Kenneth, L. Nelis, N. Briggs, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2005. “Invasive Shrubs and Songbird Nesting Success: Effects of Climatic Variability and Predator Abundance”. Ecol. Appl. 15: 258-65. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schmidt_et_al_2005_Ecol_Appl_15_258-265.pdf.
Limited dispersal and heterogeneous predation risk synergistically enhance persistence of rare prey
Goodwin, B. J., Clive G. Jones, E.M. Schauber, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2005. “Limited Dispersal and Heterogeneous Predation Risk Synergistically Enhance Persistence of Rare Prey”. Ecology 86: 3139-48. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Goodwin_et_al_2005_Ecology.pdf.
Oh the locusts sang, then they dropped dead
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2004. “Oh the Locusts Sang, Then They Dropped Dead”. Science 306: 1488-89. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_and_Keesing_2004_Science_306_1488-1489.pdf.
Sand fly (Lutzomyia vexator) (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations in upstate New York: Abundance, microhabitat, and phenology
Ostfeld, Richard S., P. Roy, W. Haumaier, L. Canter, Felicia Keesing, and E. Rowton. 2004. “Sand Fly (Lutzomyia Vexator) (Diptera: Psychodidae) Populations in Upstate New York: Abundance, Microhabitat, and Phenology”. J. Med. Ent. 41: 774-78. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_et_al_2004_J_Med_Ent_41_774-778.pdf.
Sublethal effects of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) on engorged larval, nymphal, and adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Hornbostel, V. L., Richard S. Ostfeld, E. Zhioua, and M. A. Benjamin. 2004. “Sublethal Effects of Metarhizium Anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) on Engorged Larval, Nymphal, and Adult Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)”. J. Med. Ent. 41: 922-29. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Hornbostel_et_al_2004_J_Med_Ent_41_922-929.pdf.
Type 3 functional response of mice to gypsy moth pupae: Is it stabilizing?
Schauber, E.M., Richard S. Ostfeld, and Clive G. Jones. 2004. “Type 3 Functional Response of Mice to Gypsy Moth Pupae: Is It Stabilizing?”. Oikos 107: 592-602. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schauber_et_al_Type_3_Oikos_107_592-602.pdf.