Richard Ostfeld

The Relationship Between Soil Arthropods and the Overwinter Survival of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Under Manipulated Snow Cover
Burtis, J. C., Richard S. Ostfeld, Joseph B. Yavitt, and Timothy J. Fahey. 2015. “The Relationship Between Soil Arthropods and the Overwinter Survival of Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Under Manipulated Snow Cover”. Journal of Medical Entomology 53 (1): 225-29. doi:10.1093/jme/tjv151.
Is biodiversity good for your health?
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2015. “Is Biodiversity Good for Your Health?”. Science 349 (6245): 235-36. doi:10.1126/science.aac7892.
Bottlenecks in domestic animal populations can facilitate the emergence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease
Levy, Michael Z., Aaron Tustin, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Tarub S. Mabud, Katelyn Levy, Corentin M. Barbu, Victor R. Quispe-Machaca, et al. 2015. “Bottlenecks in Domestic Animal Populations Can Facilitate the Emergence of Trypanosoma Cruzi, the Aetiological Agent of Chagas Disease”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1810): 20142807. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2807.
Climate change and Ixodes tick-borne diseases of humans
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Jesse L. Brunner. 2015. “Climate Change and Ixodes Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370. doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0051.
Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission
Parham, P. E., J. Waldock, G. K. Christophides, D. Hemming, F. Agusto, K. J. Evans, N. Fefferman, et al. 2015. “Climate, Environmental and Socio-Economic Change: Weighing up the Balance in Vector-Borne Disease Transmission”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 3709 (1665). doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0551.
Frontiers in research on biodiversity and disease
Johnson, Pieter T. J., Richard S. Ostfeld, and Felicia Keesing. 2015. “Frontiers in Research on Biodiversity and Disease”. Ecology Letters, n/a - n/a. doi:10.1111/ele.12479.
Accelerated phenology of blacklegged ticks under climate warming
Levi, Taal, Felicia Keesing, K. Oggenfuss, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2015. “Accelerated Phenology of Blacklegged Ticks under Climate Warming”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370 (1665): 20130556-56. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0556.
Human Health. Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Luber, George, Kim Knowlton, John Balbus, Howard Frumkin, Mary Hayden, Jeremy Hess, Michael McGeehin, et al. 2014. “Human Health. Climate Change Impacts in the United States”. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment., 220-56. U.S. Global Change Research Program. doi:10.7930/J0PN93H5.
Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America
Keesing, Felicia, Diana J. McHenry, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91 (2): 302-9. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525.
The Prevalence of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes Scapularis Collected in the Hudson Valley, New York State
Aliota, Matthew T., Alan P. Dupuis, Michael P. Wilczek, Ryan J. Peters, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Laura D. Kramer. 2014. “The Prevalence of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes Scapularis Collected in the Hudson Valley, New York State”. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14 (4): 245-50. doi:10.1089/vbz.2013.1475.